Noun Definition

pile

1.Definition: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

Related Noun(s):batch, deal, flock, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, plenty, pot, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, wad

Category: General

2.Definition: a collection of objects laid on top of each other

Related Noun(s):agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, heap, mound

Category: General

3.Definition: a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

Related Noun(s):piling, spile, stilt

Category: Objects

4.Definition: a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)

Related Noun(s):bundle, megabucks

Category: General

5.Definition: a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy

Category: Objects

6.Definition: battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta

Category: Objects

7.Definition: fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

Related Noun(s):down

Category: General

8.Definition: 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"

Related Noun(s):nap

Category: Objects