pile

pile
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n
1. heap, stack, mass, accumulation, bulk, drift, cumulus; hoard, store, stock, stockpile, supply, lump, deposit, swell, mound, tumulus; bank, hillock, hummock, hill, mountain; bale, bundle, cock, shock, rick, mow; load, barrow, cartload, wagonload, carload, cargo.
2. collection, amassment, assemblage, aggregation; concentration, agglomeration, conglomeration, cluster, congeries; clump, bunch, batch; assortment, variety, medley, miscellany, jumble, hodgepodge; clutter, Inf. mess.
3.Informal. abundance, bounty, volume, plenty; quantity, profusion, Inf. lots, Inf. raft, storm, shower, ocean, sea, world; multitude, throng, array, legion, crowd; numbers, scores, pack, host, swarm, mob.
4.Informal. hoard, store, quite a little, considerable, deal, great deal; Inf. lots, mess, peck, Inf. load, Inf. oodles, Inf. tons; chunk, lump, Inf. hunk, gob, Sl. scad, Inf. slew.
5.Informal. money, wealth, fortune, treasure; fund, holdings, savings, Inf. loot; Inf. bundle, money to burn, barrel of money, Sl. wad, Sl. pot, mint, sockfull, cool million, goodly sum.
v
6.Often pile up
accumulate, heap, roll up, pyramid, stack, pack; compile, amass, cumulate; hoard, squirrel away, load up, stow away.
7. gather, glean, take in, pull in, harvest, reap; garner, store up, stock up, lay by, lay up, lay in, salt away, Inf. stash away, reserve, set aside; save, save up.
8. group, cluster, bunch up or together, huddle; mass, crowd, congregate, agglomerate.
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n
post, pillar, column, pier, beam, I-beam, bar, rib; upright, stanchion, standard; support, foundation, piling.
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n
1. hair, down, silk, fuzz, fluff, fleece, plush; wool, fur, bristles, Zool. seta, pelage.
2. cord, corduroy, Turkish toweling, velvet, velveteen, rep, shag; nap, tooth; loop, fiber, strand.

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