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pile noun

  /paɪl/
tas, monceau
  • (informal) A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process.
  • A mass formed in layers.
  • 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.
 pile

pile noun

  /paɪl/
  • (heraldiccharge) One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.
 pile
  • A large stake, or piece of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.
 pieu

pile verb

  /paɪl/
  • (transitive, often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate
 ajouter, amasser, empiler, faire pile

piles noun

  /paɪlz/
  • (informal, piles of) A large amount of.
 tas

piling

empilage

piling noun

  /ˈpaɪlɪŋ/ , [ˈpʰaɪ̯ɫlɪŋ]
  • A structural support comprising a length of wood, steel, or other construction material.
 paroi de palplanches
sheet piling
palplanche
piling machine
empileur
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