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pile — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • battery noun A device that stores and supplies electrical power, made of one or more cells.
  • cell noun The smallest basic unit of a living organism, capable of growing and reproducing itself.
  • flat adj Level and even, with no slope, bumps, or curves.
  • heap noun A pile of things gathered or thrown together.
  • pier noun A raised platform that extends from the shore out over water, used for boats or entertainment.
  • pile noun A number of things heaped or stacked on top of each other.
  • pillar noun A tall vertical post, usually supporting part of a building.
  • sharp adj Having a fine edge or point that can cut or pierce easily.
  • stack noun A pile of things placed neatly one on top of another.
  • tail noun The flexible appendage extending from the rear of an animal's body.

Senses

pile is used for these senses in English:

  • battery (electrical, electronics, countable) A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells.
  • cell A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one. [from 20th c.]
  • flat (with units of time, distance, etc) Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.
  • heap A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
  • heap (computing) A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.
  • on the button (idiomatic) Exactly, precisely.
  • on the dot (idiomatic) Exactly; precisely, especially of a time of day.
  • pier A structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge.

battery — full definition

  1. noun A device that stores and supplies electrical power, made of one or more cells.
  2. noun A legal term for unlawfully touching or striking another person.
  3. noun A group of similar things, especially artillery guns, arranged or used together.

cell — full definition

  1. noun The smallest basic unit of a living organism, capable of growing and reproducing itself.
  2. noun A small locked room in a prison or police station.
  3. noun A device that stores electrical energy, used alone or grouped into a battery.
  4. noun A small group forming part of a larger, often secretive, organization.

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