'pile' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'pile' with 20 example sentences.

pile noun

: a collection of objects laid on top of each other

: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

: a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)

: fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

: battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta

: a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

: the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave

: a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy

pile verb

: arrange in stacks

: press tightly together or cram

: place or lay as if in a pile

The boys piled their plates high with food.

I've got a huge pile of homework.

The work is piling up.

We have, literally, a pile of food to eat.

Bills are starting to pile up.

Whose pile of junk is this?

This car is a pile of rubbish.

Look at this pile of laundry.

How is it that dishes pile up so quickly?

We piled the wood in the backyard.

Rake the leaves into piles and we'll burn them.

The squirrel made a nest in the wood pile.

This is just a pile of bullshit!

The magazines are piled up next to the table.

They're replacing the rotten piles under the bridge.

His assistant examined the pile of papers over and over again.

The bags were piled up behind him.

The snow was piled up outside the front door.

There's a big pile of mail on your desk.

This one was on top of the pile.

Words related to 'pile'

heap stack