noun. a collection of objects laid on top of each other |
noun. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent a batch of letters|a deal of trouble|a lot of money|he made a mint on the stock market|see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos|it must have cost plenty|a slew of journalists|a wad of money Synonym: passel, peck, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, muckle, mountain, batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint |
noun. a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit) she made a bundle selling real estate|they sank megabucks into their new house |
noun. fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) |
noun. battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta |
noun. a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure |
noun. the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction |
noun. a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy |
verb. arrange in stacks heap firewood around the fireplace|stack your books up on the shelves |
verb. press tightly together or cram The crowd packed the auditorium |
verb. place or lay as if in a pile The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested |
