pile
/paɪl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process.
Informal
noun
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.
noun
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.
Example Sentences
- "I climbed through, and, standing on a pile of stones, lifted and dragged Cleopatra after me."
- "Containerization is a long overdue step in bringing our city’s trash collection into the modern era, putting an end to the piles of garbage that have become far too common across our city."
- "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."
- "a pile of shot"
- "Jove with a Nod, comply'd with her Deſire; / Around the Body flam'd the Funeral Fire; / The Pile decreas'd that lately ſeem'd ſo high, / And Sheets of Smoak roll'd upward to the Sky: [...]"
- "He made a pile from that invention of his."