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noun
  1. 1
    a number of things put on top of each other

    *Synonyms or related words for this sense of pile*

    Piles of things: pile, mound, heap, stack, mountain, pyramid, bank, drift, wad... more
    1. a.
      a lot of things that have been put or have fallen together in an untidy way

      *Synonyms or related words for this sense of pile*

      Piles of things: pile, mound, heap, stack, mountain, pyramid, bank, drift, wad... more
  6. 6

    piles

     informal haemorrhoids

    *Synonyms or related words for this sense of pile*

    Specific medical conditions: acidity, acne, ADD, ADHD, alcoholism, allergy, alopecia, amenorrhoea, amnesia, anaemia... more

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