pile : Idioms & Phrases

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atomic pile

  • noun a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
    chain reactor; atomic reactor; pile.
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Blind piles

  • hemorrhoids which do not bleed.
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compost pile

  • noun a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost
    compost heap.
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Cross and pile

  • a game with money, at which it is put to chance whether a coin shall fall with that side up which bears the cross, or the other, which is called pile, or reverse; the game called heads or tails.
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Dry pile

  • (Physics), a form of the Voltaic pile, constructed without the use of a liquid, affording a feeble current, and chiefly useful in the construction of electroscopes of great delicacy; called also Zamboni's , from the names of the two earliest constructors of it.
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Funeral pile

  • a structure of combustible material, upon which a dead body is placed to be reduced to ashes, as part of a funeral rite; a pyre.
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Galvanic pile

  • noun battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
    pile; galvanic pile.
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  • (Elec.), the voltaic pile. See under Voltaic.
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Guide pile

  • (Engin.), a pile driven to mark a place, as a point to work to.
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Gunpowder pile driver

  • a pile driver, the hammer of which is thrown up by the explosion of gunpowder.
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junk pile

  • noun an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter
    scrapheap; trash heap; garbage heap; refuse heap; junk heap; junk pile; rubbish heap.
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Pile bridge

  • a bridge of which the roadway is supported on piles.
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Pile cap

  • a beam resting upon and connecting the heads of piles.
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pile driver

  • noun a machine that drives piling into the ground
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Pile driver, ∨ Pile engine

  • an apparatus for driving down piles, consisting usually of a high frame, with suitable appliances for raising to a height (by animal or steam power, the explosion of gunpowder, etc.) a heavy mass of iron, which falls upon the pile.
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Pile dwelling

  • noun dwelling built on piles in or near a lake; specifically in prehistoric villages
    lake dwelling.
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  • . See Lake dwelling, under Lake.
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Pile plank

  • (Hydraul. Eng.), a thick plank used as a pile in sheet piling. See Sheet piling, under Piling.
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pile up

  • verb collect or gather
    amass; gather; conglomerate; accumulate; cumulate.
    • Journals are accumulating in my office
    • The work keeps piling up
  • verb arrange into piles or stacks
    stack up; heap up.
    • She piled up her books in my living room
  • verb get or gather together
    amass; roll up; compile; collect; accumulate; hoard.
    • I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife
    • She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis
    • She rolled up a small fortune
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pile-worn

Pile"-worn` adjective
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  1. Having the pile worn off; threadbare.
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Pneumatic pile

  • a tubular pile or cylinder of large diameter sunk by atmospheric pressure.
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Pug piling

  • sheet piles connected together at the edges by dovetailed tongues and grooves.
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Screw pile

  • one with a screw at the lower end, and sunk by rotation aided by pressure.
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sheath pile

  • noun a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage
    sheath pile; sheet pile.
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Sheet lightning, Sheet piling

  • etc. See under Lightning, Piling, etc.
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sheet pile

  • noun a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage
    sheath pile; sheet pile.
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Sheet piling

  • noun a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage
    sheath pile; sheet pile.
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  • a series of piles made of planks or half logs driven edge to edge, used to form the walls of cofferdams, etc.
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three-pile

Three"-pile` noun
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  1. An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile.
    I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore three-pile. Shak.
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three-piled

Three"-piled` adjective
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  1. Having the quality of three-pile; best; most costly. R.
    Thou art good velvet; thou 'rt three-piled piece. Shak.
  2. Fig.: Extravagant; exaggerated; high-flown. "Three-piled hyperboles." Shak.
  3. Accustomed to wearing three-pile; hence, of high rank, or wealth. Obs. "Three-piled people." Beau. & Fl.
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To pile arms ∨ muskets

  • (Mil.), to place three guns together so that they may stand upright, supporting each other; to stack arms.
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To sheet-pile

  • to make sheet piling in or around. See Sheet piling, under 2nd Piling.
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trash pile

  • noun an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter
    scrapheap; trash heap; garbage heap; refuse heap; junk heap; junk pile; rubbish heap.
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Voltaic pile

  • noun battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
    pile; galvanic pile.
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  • a kind of voltaic battery consisting of alternate disks of dissimilar metals, separated by moistened cloth or paper. See 5th Pile.
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