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.

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