he piled spaghetti onto his plate

  • 1pile — pile1 S2 [paıl] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(arrangement of things)¦ 2¦(large amount)¦ 3 a pile of something 4 the bottom of the pile 5 the top of the pile 6¦(house)¦ 7¦(material)¦ 8¦(post)¦ 9 make a/your pile 10 piles …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 2pile — 1 noun 1 LARGE AMOUNT/MASS (C) a) a tidy collection of several things of the same kind placed on top of each other; stack 1 (1): We put the newspapers in piles on the floor. | The record I want is at the bottom of the pile. (+ of): a pile of… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 3pile — pile1 [ paıl ] noun ** ▸ 1 things put on things ▸ 2 large amount of something ▸ 3 surface of cloth/carpet ▸ 4 piling ▸ 5 hemorrhoids ▸ 6 very large old building ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a number of things put on top of each other: She sorted her… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 4pile — I UK [paɪl] / US noun Word forms pile : singular pile plural piles ** 1) a) [countable] a number of things put on top of each other She sorted her clothes into tidy piles. pile of: a pile of books and papers b) a lot of things that have been put… …

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