pile
/paɪl/ sustantivo C2En español: pila, pila voltaica
- 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 y expresiones
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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.
I’ve had to compete with some of the sharpest wits going to get my pile.
The long platform was almost deserted; the only living creature in sight being a girl who was sitting on a pile of shingles at the extreme end.
I just said, ‘Dear God, please take the flat close to a pile and I’ll do the rest,’ over and over again.
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