pile
1. a collection of objects laid on top of each other (Freq. 9)
• Syn:
heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus
• Derivationally related forms:
cumulous (for: cumulus), cumulate (for: cumulus), cumulate (for: cumulation), agglomerate (for: agglomerate), heap (for: heap)
• Hypernyms:
collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
• Hyponyms:
compost heap, compost pile, dunghill, midden, muckheap,
muckhill, scrapheap, shock, slagheap, stack, pyre,
funeral pyre, woodpile, stockpile
2. (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent (Freq. 3)
- 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
• Syn:
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
• Derivationally related forms:
wad (for: wad), plenteous (for: plenty), heap (for: heap)
• Hypernyms:
large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
• Hyponyms:
flood, inundation, deluge, torrent, haymow
3. a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit) (Freq. 2)
- she made a bundle selling real estate
- they sank megabucks into their new house
• Syn:
bundle, big bucks, megabucks, big money
• Usage Domain:
slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot,
patois, vernacular
• Hypernyms:
money
4. a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
• Syn:
atomic pile, atomic reactor, chain reactor
• Hypernyms:
nuclear reactor, reactor
5. the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave
- for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction
• Syn:
nap
• Hypernyms:
thread, yarn
6. battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series;
the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
• Syn:
voltaic pile, galvanic pile
• Hypernyms:
battery, electric battery
7. fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
• Syn:
down
• Derivationally related forms:
pilary, pilous, downy (for: down)
• Hypernyms:
hair
• Hyponyms:
lanugo
8. a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
• Syn:
spile, piling, stilt
• Hypernyms:
column, pillar
• Hyponyms:
sheet pile, sheath pile, sheet piling
1. arrange in stacks (Freq. 8)
- heap firewood around the fireplace
- stack your books up on the shelves
• Syn:
stack, heap
• See Also:
heap up (for: heap), pile up, stack up (for: stack)
• Derivationally related forms:
heap (for: heap), stack (for: stack), stacker (for: stack)
• Hypernyms:
arrange, set up
• Hyponyms:
rick, cord
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
- They pile their rifles on the cabinet
2. press tightly together or cram (Freq. 2)
- The crowd packed the auditorium
• Syn:
throng, mob, pack, jam
• Derivationally related forms:
mob (for: mob), throng (for: throng)
• Hypernyms:
crowd, crowd together
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
3. place or lay as if in a pile
- The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested
• Hypernyms:
put, set, place, pose, position, lay
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
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