pile
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,752 of 81,628 words measured. It occurs 22,840 times across 191,625 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a collection of objects laid on top of each other also: heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus
- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent also: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful a batch of lettersa deal of trouble
- a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit) also: bundle, big bucks, megabucks, big money she made a bundle selling real estatethey sank megabucks into their new house
- fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) also: down
- battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta also: voltaic pile, galvanic pile
- a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure also: spile, piling, stilt
pile in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Near the fireplace lay an unsightly pile of wood and chips.
The She Boss: A Western Story · Arthur Preston Hankins · Chapter 1
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He came forward noiselessly, his footsteps deadened in the soft pile of the Brussels carpet.
The Substitute Prisoner · Max Marcin · Chapter 1
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Choose which you will of all the tales that pile Their mingling fables on the tree-crowned isle.
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 11 · Oliver Wendell Holmes · Chapter 1
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The key of the chest was in a drawer in her dresser, hidden beneath a pile of yellowed garments.
A Spinner in the Sun · Myrtle Reed · Chapter 1
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Then he waddled off to catch fish for himself, and left Little Black Mingo alone beside the big pile of eggs.
The Story of Little Black Mingo · Helen Bannerman · Chapter 1