pile
/paɪl/ noun C2- A battery (simple device for converting chemical potential energy into usable electricity).
- A battery consisting of repeated units of alternating types of metal; voltaic pile.
Plural piles
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Albert vented his anger on a pile of newspapers, which he sent flying all over the office by switching them violently with his stick; after which ebullition he departed—not, however, without walking several times to the door of the press-room, as if he had half a mind to enter.
The tree made a good, thick covering to protect them from the dew, and the Tin Woodman chopped a great pile of wood with his axe and Dorothy built a splendid fire that warmed her and made her feel less lonely.
“Who and what are you?” demanded Villefort, turning over a pile of papers, containing information relative to the prisoner, that a police agent had given to him on his entry, and that, already, in an hour’s time, had swelled to voluminous proportions, thanks to the corrupt espionage of which “the accused” is always made the victim.
The little girl was quite frightened when she saw the great pile of shaggy wolves, but the Tin Woodman told her all.
Other matches
- pile A mass of things heaped together A2
- pile To lay or throw into a pile or heap C2
- pile To drive piles into C2
- pile To give a pile to C2
- pile The head of an arrow or spear. C2
- pile Hair, especially when very fine or short C2
- pile A hemorrhoid. C2
- pile in To enter or move into a location or a vehicle i...
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