pile

Noun
  1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other (synset 107978094)
    is a type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
    subtypes:
    • compost heap, compost pile - a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost
    • dunghill, midden, muckheap, muckhill - a heap of dung or refuse
    • scrapheap - pile of discarded metal
    • shock - a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field
    • slagheap - pile of waste matter from coal mining etc
    • stack - an orderly pile
    • funeral pyre, pyre - wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
    • woodpile - a pile or stack of wood to be used for fuel
    • stockpile - a storage pile accumulated for future use
    same as: agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, heap, mound
  2. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent (synset 113796604)
    "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
    is a type of: large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
    subtypes:
    same as: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad
  3. A large sum of money (especially as pay or profit) (synset 113271579)
    "she made a bundle selling real estate"; "they sank megabucks into their new house"
    domain usage: argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
    is a type of: money - wealth reckoned in terms of money
    same as: big bucks, big money, bundle, megabucks
  4. Fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) (synset 105263175)
    is a type of: hair - a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
    subtypes: lanugo - the fine downy hair covering a human fetus; normally shed during the ninth month of gestation
    same as: down
  5. Battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series;
    The earliest electric battery devised by Volta (synset 104548422)
    is a type of: battery, electric battery - a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series
    same as: galvanic pile, voltaic pile
  6. A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure (synset 103942545)
    is a type of: column, pillar - (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
    subtypes: sheath pile, sheet pile, sheet piling - a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage
    same as: piling, spile, stilt
  7. The yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave (synset 103942321)
    "for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction"
    is a type of: thread, yarn - a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
    same as: nap
  8. A nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy (synset 102756715)
    is a type of: nuclear reactor, reactor - (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements
    same as: atomic pile, atomic reactor, chain reactor
Verb
  1. Arrange in stacks (synset 201506036)
    "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves"
    is a type of: arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order
    subtypes:
    • rick - pile in ricks
    • cord - stack in cords
    same as: heap, stack
  2. Press tightly together or cram (synset 202068059)
    "The crowd packed the auditorium"
    is a type of: crowd, crowd together - to gather together in large numbers
    same as: jam, mob, pack, throng
  3. Place or lay as if in a pile (synset 201437455)
    "The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested"
    is a type of: lay, place, pose, position, put, set - put into a certain place or abstract location

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