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1. pile
noun. ['ˈpaɪl'] a collection of objects laid on top of each other.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- pil (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- pilum (Latin)
- pile (French)
- pila (Latin)
Rhymes with Pile
- versatile
- worthwhile
- vantuyl
- restyle
- panfile
- monteil
- marseille
- kurzweil
- hostile
- soleil
- revile
- refile
- nevile
- mikhail
- fertile
- delisle
- beguile
- argyll
- while
- trial
- style
- stile
- smile
- awhile
- zile
- wyle
- wile
- weill
- weil
- vile
Sentences with pile
1. Noun, singular or mass
The carpet will brighten up and the pile will raise again.
2. Adjective
Terry is a thick, pile fabric with uncut loops on both sides.
Quotes about pile
1. Books to the ceiling,Books to the sky,My pile of books is a mile high.How I love them! How I need them!I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.
- Arnold Lobel
2. A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
3. To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
- Thomas A. Edison
2. pile
verb. ['ˈpaɪl'] arrange in stacks.
Etymology
- pil (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- pilum (Latin)
- pile (French)
- pila (Latin)
3. pile
noun. ['ˈpaɪl'] (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent.
Synonyms
Etymology
- pil (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- pilum (Latin)
- pile (French)
- pila (Latin)
4. pile
verb. ['ˈpaɪl'] press tightly together or cram.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- pil (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- pilum (Latin)
- pile (French)
- pila (Latin)
5. pile
noun. ['ˈpaɪl'] a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit).
Antonyms
Etymology
- pil (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- pilum (Latin)
- pile (French)
- pila (Latin)
6. pile
noun. ['ˈpaɪl'] the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave.
Etymology
- pil (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- pilum (Latin)
- pile (French)
- pila (Latin)
7. pile
noun. ['ˈpaɪl'] a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- pil (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- pilum (Latin)
- pile (French)
- pila (Latin)
8. pile
noun. ['ˈpaɪl'] fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs).
Etymology
- pil (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- pilum (Latin)
- pile (French)
- pila (Latin)
9. pile
noun. ['ˈpaɪl'] a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- pil (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- pilum (Latin)
- pile (French)
- pila (Latin)