All pile synonyms
pile
P p noun pile
- accumulation β An accumulation of something is a large number of things which have been collected together or acquired over a period of time.
- gurry β the offal of fish or whales; the waste parts left over after cleaning fish.
- hillside β a township in NE New Jersey.
- agglomeration β An agglomeration of things is a lot of different things gathered together, often in no particular order or arrangement.
- accretion β An accretion is an addition to something, usually one that has been added over a period of time.
- crosspiece β a transverse beam, joist, etc
- weft β Textiles. filling (def 5).
- lump β a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
- mass β the celebration of the Eucharist. Compare High Mass, Low Mass.
- wad β a soft, earthy, black to dark-brown mass of manganese oxide minerals.
- hilltop β the top or summit of a hill.
- lath β a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- edifice β a building, especially one of large size or imposing appearance.
- crags β the neck, throat, or craw.
- atomic pile β nuclear reactor
- atomic reactor β reactor (def 4).
- hunk β a large piece or lump; chunk.
- all kinds of β You can use all kinds of to emphasize that there are a great number and variety of particular things or people.
- aplenty β If you have something aplenty, you have a lot of it.
- butte β an isolated steep-sided flat-topped hill
- fortune β position in life as determined by wealth: to make one's fortune.
- weave β to interlace (threads, yarns, strips, fibrous material, etc.) so as to form a fabric or material.
- megabucks β one million dollars.
- cenotaph β A cenotaph is a structure that is built in honour of soldiers who died in a war.
- crossbar β A crossbar is a horizontal piece of wood attached to two upright pieces, for example a part of the goal in football.
- lot β lot (def 14).
- mound β a globe topped with a cross that symbolizes power and constitutes part of the regalia of an English sovereign.
- monument β something erected in memory of a person, event, etc., as a building, pillar, or statue: the Washington Monument.
- cumulation β the act of cumulating; accumulation.
- cantilever β A cantilever is a long piece of metal or wood used in a structure such as a bridge. One end is fastened to something and the other end is used to support part of the structure.
- fibre β a fine, threadlike piece, as of cotton, jute, or asbestos.
verb pile
- clean up β If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
- deal in β to occupy oneself or itself (usually followed by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities.
- load β anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- focalize β Focus (something), in particular.
- lay aside β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- bank β A bank is a building where a bank offers its services.
- forgathered β Simple past tense and past participle of forgather.
- ironing β Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20Β°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- humped β having a hump.
- dish it out β an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
- overcrowding β Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable.
- justle β To jostle.
- freighting β Present participle of freight.
- lade β to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- aggregate β An aggregate amount or score is made up of several smaller amounts or scores added together.
- chock β a block or wedge of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
- mounded β a natural elevation of earth; a hillock or knoll.
adj pile
- fluffy β of, resembling, or covered with fluff.
- featherlike β one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.