noun
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
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noun
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
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- 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
noun
a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
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Examples
- she made a bundle selling real estate
- they sank megabucks into their new house
noun
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
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noun
battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series
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voltaic pile
galvanic pile
Examples
- the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
noun
a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
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noun
the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave
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- for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction
noun
a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
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atomic pile
atomic reactor
chain reactor
verb
arrange in stacks
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Examples
- heap firewood around the fireplace
- stack your books up on the shelves
verb
press tightly together or cram
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Examples
- The crowd packed the auditorium
verb
place or lay as if in a pile
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- The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested