pile
/paɪl/
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Translation
A number of things lying on top of each other, often in an untidy heap.
Word origin
From Latin pila, meaning a pillar or a heap of stones.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- pila
Grammar
Gender
Pluralpiles
Examples
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"Pile" is a number of things lying on top of each other.
clothes .
Here "pile" means an untidy heap of things.
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"Piles" is the plural, meaning more than one pile.
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