pilchard
— Noun
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~ small fatty fish usually canned
pile
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~ battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
pile
— Noun
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~ (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
pile
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~ a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
pile
— Noun
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~ a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit); "she made a bundle selling real estate"; "they sank megabucks into their new house"
pile
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~ a collection of objects laid on top of each other
pile driver
— Noun
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~ a machine that drives piling into the ground
pile dwelling
— Noun
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~ dwelling built on piles in or near a lake; specifically in prehistoric villages
pile
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~ the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave; "for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction"
pile
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~ fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
pile
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~ a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
pile
— Verb
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~ place or lay as if in a pile; "The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested"
pile
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~ press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium"
pile
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~ arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves"
Pilea involucrata
— Noun
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~ low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers
Pilea microphylla
— Noun
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~ tropical American stingless nettle that discharges its pollen explosively
Pilea
— Noun
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~ low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage
piles
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~ a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers"
piles
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~ venous swelling external or internal to the anal sphincter
pileup
— Noun
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~ multiple collisions of vehicles