pile

/paɪl/ noun

Definition

› [C] an amount of a substance in the shape of a small hill or a number of objects on top of each other: a pile of books/bricks a pile of sand/rubbish The clothes were arranged in piles on the floor.

a pile of sth/piles of sth informal › a lot of something: It's all right for him, he's got piles of money.

(Definition of pile noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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