pile
n 1: a collection of objects laid on top of each other [syn: {heap},
{mound}]
2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent:
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of
money"; "it must have cost plenty" [syn: {batch}, {deal},
{flock}, {good deal}, {great deal}, {hatful}, {heap}, {lot},
{mass}, {mess}, {mickle}, {mint}, {muckle}, {peck}, {plenty},
{pot}, {quite a little}, {raft}, {sight}, {slew}, {spate},
{stack}, {tidy sum}, {wad}, {whole lot}, {whole slew}]
3: informal: a large sum of money
4: pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal
sphincter [syn: {hemorrhoid}]
5: voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric
battery devised by Volta [syn: {voltaic pile}, {galvanic
pile}]
6: a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into
the ground to provide support for a structure [syn: {spile},
{piling}, {stilt}]
7: the yarn (as in a rug or velvet) that stands up from the
weave
8: a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to
generate energy [syn: {atomic pile}, {atomic reactor}, {chain
reactor}]
v 1: arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace";
"stack your books up on the shelves" [syn: {stack}, {heap}]
2: press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the
auditorium" [syn: {throng}, {mob}, {pack}, {jam}]