Synonym: batch, collection, heap, mound, slew, stack. Similar words: pile up, pill, spill, pilot, pillow, happily, tile, file. Meaning: [paɪl] n. 1. a collection of objects laid on top of each other 2. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent 3. a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit) 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) 5. battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta 6. a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure 7. the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave 8. a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy. v. 1. arrange in stacks 2. press tightly together or cram 3. place or lay as if in a pile.
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181. But Harry can expect a big cake, a pile of cards ... and a special phone call from home.
182. He was thrilled to find the cream-colored envelope near the bottom of the pile of greeting cards.
183. The girls who pile into the exhibition centre are usually accompanied by a flock of female relatives.
184. The Marines, rifles on shoulders, marched in, matching the cadence of a distant pile driver.
185. Is a pile of bricks in a museum really art?
186. Bodie upturned the waste bin and sorted through the small pile of chewing-gum wrappers, empty cigarette packets, and cigarette butts.
187. Inset Far Left: A member of a modern piling gang inserts a steel pile to strengthen the canal bank.
188. Recently I spent ages looking through a pile of labels trying to find harvest interval information for the cereals assurance scheme.
189. Where it was melting a huge pile of boulder clay was built up, as a terminal moraine.
190. She pointed to a pile of books on the bottom shelf of the bookcase.
191. The hoards of children pile off the bus and into the playground.
192. Giles was tucking his pile of books under his arm, picking up his briefcase.
192. Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and build good sentences.
193. The new black immigrants at the bottom of the pile were hardly mentioned.
194. Up behind the engine, two baggage handlers were loading a small pile of boxes.
195. He turned to the desk where there were several index cards in a little pile.
196. Put it all in a compost pile, and before long you'll have a good fertilizer.
197. In the event the anticipated collapse of the first genetic engineering company amid a pile of bad debts did not come about.
198. Mix together all ingredients and pile into a wholemeal pitta or on to a slice of wholemeal bread.
199. A deep pile Raking ashes into a pile would then be automatically reinforced.
200. Eventually, George has to leave to go to the bathroom, and all the other kids pile into the house.
201. If you are wrong, return the card to the bottom of the pile.
202. She saw feet sinking into the thick pile of the new rugs whose abstract patterns evoked the work of contemporary artists.
203. But by far the worst consequence of an immediate auction would be to throw the broadcast industry on the junk pile.
204. They pile up brushwood to dim her in lolloping flames.
205. Hospital goes: A familiar landmark in Hartlepool has been reduced to a pile of rubble by bulldozers.
206. A dusty-faced boy was now raking the coal and wood from this into a tidy, white pile of ash.
207. The Leader and the thin man were seated on a pile of saddles and saddle-bags with their backs against the wall.
208. The situation is improved by adding velvet curtains, acoustic tiles and a thick pile carpet.
209. A dense pile wears better than a loosely-woven one, which can be parted to reveal the backing.
210. The fire had been started in a pile of books and spread through the assembly hall and classrooms.