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pilha — 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.
  • crowd noun A large number of people gathered closely together.
  • heap noun A pile of things gathered or thrown together.
  • mound noun A raised pile or hill of earth, often built up rather than natural.
  • pile noun A number of things heaped or stacked on top of each other.
  • queue noun A line of people or vehicles waiting their turn, served in the order they arrived.
  • stack noun A pile of things placed neatly one on top of another.

Senses

pilha 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.
  • cumulus A mound or heap.
  • heap A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
  • mound An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
  • pile A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals (especially copper and zinc), laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; a voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.
  • queue (computing) A data structure in which objects are added to one end, called the tail, and removed from the other, called the head (in the case of a FIFO queue). The term can also refer to a LIFO queue or stack where these ends coincide. [from 20th c.]

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.

crowd — full definition

  1. noun A large number of people gathered closely together.
  2. noun A particular social group someone belongs to or hangs out with.
  3. verb To push or press together into a small space.

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