an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other

a pile of papers; a pile of bricks.

Informal . a large number, quantity, or amount of anything

a pile of work.

a heap of wood on which a dead body, a living person, or a sacrifice is burned; pyre.

a lofty or large building or group of buildings

the noble pile of Windsor Castle.

Informal . a large accumulation of money

They made a pile on Wall Street.

a bundle of pieces of iron ready to be welded and drawn out into bars; fagot.

reactor ( def. 4 ) .

Electricity . voltaic pile.

to lay or dispose in a pile (often fol. by up )

to pile up the fallen autumn leaves.

to accumulate or store (often fol. by up )

to pile up money; squirrels piling up nuts against the winter.

to cover or load with a pile

He piled the wagon with hay.

to accumulate, as money, debts, evidence, etc. (usually fol. by up ).

Informal . to move as a group in a more or less confused, disorderly cluster

to pile off a train.

to gather, accumulate, or rise in a pile or piles (often fol. by up )

The snow is piling up on the roofs.

noun

ditch , hole , poverty

verb

dissipate , scatter , separate

noun

accumulation , aggregate , aggregation , amassment , assemblage , assortment , bank , barrel , buildup , chunk , conglomeration , drift , gob , great deal , hill , hoard , hunk , jumble , lump , mass , mound , mountain , much , ocean , oodles * , pack , peck , pyramid , quantity , shock , stack , stockpile , affluence , boodle * , bundle * , dough * , fortune , mint * , money , pot * , riches , wad * , agglomeration , cumulus , mess , tumble , abundance , plenty , profusion , wealth , world , mint , edifice , structure , congeries , heap

verb

accumulate , amass , assemble , bank , bunch , collect , crowd , crush , fill , flock , heap , hill , hoard , jam , load , mass , mound , rush , stack , store , drift , lump , charge , freight , pack , lade , arise , get up , rise , roll out , agglomerate , boodle , bundle , cock , collection , cumulate , fortune , gob , hair , money , nap , pyramid , pyre , shag , wad , wealth , wool , yarn

phrasal verb

accrue , agglomerate , aggregate , amass , collect , cumulate , garner , gather , hive , roll up , smash