pile

Noun

• a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy

• 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
    

• a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

• battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta

• fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

• a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
  • she made a bundle selling real estate
    
  • they sank megabucks into their new house
    

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
  • a batch of letters
    
  • a deal of trouble
    
  • a lot of money
    
  • he made a mint on the stock market
    
  • see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
    
  • it must have cost plenty
    
  • a slew of journalists
    
  • a wad of money
    

• a collection of objects laid on top of each other

Verb

• place or lay as if in a pile
  • The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested
    

• press tightly together or cram
  • The crowd packed the auditorium
    

• arrange in stacks
  • heap firewood around the fireplace
    
  • stack your books up on the shelves
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  atomic pile , atomic reactor , chain reactor , nap , spile , piling , stilt , voltaic pile , galvanic pile , down , bundle , big bucks , megabucks , big money , batch , heap , mound , agglomerate , cumulation , cumulus , throng , mob , pack , jam , stack