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nounA pile of things is a mass of them that is high in the middle and has sloping sides....a pile of sand....a little pile of crumbs.The leaves had been swept into huge piles.A pile of things is a quantity of things that have been put neatly somewhere so that each thing is on top of the one below....a pile of boxes.We sat in Sam's study, among the piles of books.The clothes were folded in a neat pile.You can refer to a large impressive building as a pile, especially when it is the home of a rich important person....some stately pile in the country.Piles are wooden, concrete, or metal posts which are pushed into the ground and on which buildings or bridges are built. Piles are often used in very wet areas so that the buildings do not flood ....settlements of wooden houses, set on piles along the shore.Piles are painful swellings that can appear in the veins inside a person's anus .The pile of a carpet or of a fabric such as velvet is its soft surface. It consists of a lot of little threads standing on end....the carpet's thick pile.verbIf you pile things somewhere, you put them there so that they form a pile.He was piling clothes into the suitcase.A few newspapers and magazines were piled on a table.If something is piled with things, it is covered or filled with piles of things.Tables were piled high with local produce....trucks piled with luggage.If a group of people pile into or out of a vehicle, they all get into it or out of it in a disorganized way.They all piled into Jerrold's car.A fleet of police cars suddenly arrived. Dozens of officers piled out.otherquantifierIf you talk about a pile of something or piles of something, you mean a large amount of it.I've got a pile of questions afterwards for you....a whole pile of disasters. B2

word	pile
definition	noun A pile of things is a mass of them that is high in the middle and has sloping sides. ...a pile of sand. ...a little pile of crumbs. The leaves had been swept into huge piles. A pile of things is a quantity of things that have been put neatly somewhere so that each thing is on top of the one below. ...a pile of boxes. We sat in Sam's study, among the piles of books. The clothes were folded in a neat pile. You can refer to a large impressive building as a pile, especially when it is the home of a rich important person. ...some stately pile in the country. Piles are wooden, concrete, or metal posts which are pushed into the ground and on which buildings or bridges are built. Piles are often used in very wet areas so that the buildings do not flood . ...settlements of wooden houses, set on piles along the shore. Piles are painful swellings that can appear in the veins inside a person's anus . The pile of a carpet or of a fabric such as velvet is its soft surface. It consists of a lot of little threads standing on end. ...the carpet's thick pile. verb If you pile things somewhere, you put them there so that they form a pile. He was piling clothes into the suitcase. A few newspapers and magazines were piled on a table. If something is piled with things, it is covered or filled with piles of things. Tables were piled high with local produce. ...trucks piled with luggage. If a group of people pile into or out of a vehicle, they all get into it or out of it in a disorganized way. They all piled into Jerrold's car. A fleet of police cars suddenly arrived. Dozens of officers piled out. other quantifier If you talk about a pile of something or piles of something, you mean a large amount of it. I've got a pile of questions afterwards for you. ...a whole pile of disasters.
inflections	pilespilingpiled
cefr-level	B2

Pile Piled Things High Put Clothes Large Buildings