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Word: Pile
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin pila ‘pillar, pier’
pʌɪl
a heap of things laid or lying one on top of another
Short Definition:heap of things
Examples:- he placed the books in a neat pile
- tottering piles of dirty dishes
a large imposing building or group of buildings
Short Definition:large imposing building
Examples:- a Victorian Gothic pile
a series of plates of dissimilar metals laid one on another alternately to produce an electric current.
Short Definition:series of metal plates producing electric current
a nuclear reactor.
Short Definition:nuclear reactor
Word: Pile
Speech Type: Verb
pʌɪl
place (things) one on top of the other
Short Definition:place things on top of one another
Examples:- she piled all the groceries on the counter
(of a group of people) get into or out of a vehicle or space in a disorganized manner
Short Definition:get into
Examples:- ten of us piled into the minibus
- we all piled in and headed off to our mysterious destination
- my students piled out of three cars
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