pile

/paɪl/

noun

1
A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
2
A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process.
“When we were looking for a new housemate, we put the nice woman on the "maybe" pile, and the annoying guy on the "no" pile”
3
A mass formed in layers.
“a pile of shot”
4
A funeral pile; a pyre.
5
A large amount of money.
“He made a pile from that invention of his.”
6
A large building, or mass of buildings.
7
A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a fagot.
8
A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals (especially copper and zinc), laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; a voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.
9
An atomic pile; an early form of nuclear reactor.
10
The reverse (or tails) of a coin.
11
A list or league

1
(often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate
“They were piling up wood on the wheelbarrow.”
2
To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.
“We piled the camel with our loads.”
3
To add something to a great number.
4
(of vehicles) To create a hold-up.
5
To place (guns, muskets, etc.) together in threes so that they can stand upright, supporting each other.

1
A dart; an arrow.
2
The head of an arrow or spear.
3
A large stake, or piece of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.
4
One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.

1
Hair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now treated as a collective singular.)
2
The raised hairs, loops or strands of a fabric; the nap of a cloth.

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