pile


pile (http://definr.com/pile)

     n 1: a collection of objects laid on top of each other [syn: heap,
           mound, cumulus]
     2: (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"; "it must
        have cost plenty" [syn: batch, deal, flock, {good
        deal}, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess,
         mickle, mint, muckle, peck, plenty, pot, {quite
        a little}, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, {tidy
        sum}, wad, whole lot, whole slew]
     3: informal: a large sum of money
     4: battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the
        earliest electric battery devised by Volta [syn: {voltaic
        pile}, galvanic pile]
     5: a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into
        the ground to provide support for a structure [syn: spile,
         piling, stilt]
     6: the yarn (as in a rug or velvet) that stands up from the
        weave
     7: a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to
        generate energy [syn: atomic pile, atomic reactor, {chain
        reactor}]
     v 1: arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace";
          "stack your books up on the shelves" [syn: stack, heap]
     2: press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the
        auditorium" [syn: throng, mob, pack, jam]
     3: place or lay as if in a pile; "The teacher piled work on the
        students until the parents protested"