Pile is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like heap or stack. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Pile in a sentence
Related words
Pile meaning
- A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
- A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process.
- A mass formed in layers.
Synonyms of Pile
Using Pile
- The main meaning on this page is: A mass of things heaped together; a heap. | A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process. | A mass formed in layers.
- Useful related words include: heap, stack, good deal, flock.
- In the example corpus, pile often appears in combinations such as: pile of, pile up, the pile.
Context around Pile
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 9 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pile
- In this selection, "pile" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, voltaic, discard, stock, installation, zip and respectively stand out and add context to how "pile" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a steaming pile of horseshit and a dirt pile at the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pile" sits close to words such as confronted, fascinating and sweeping, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pile
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The face down pile is known as the stock pile. (10 words)
Once a steaming pile of horseshit, always a steaming pile of horseshit. (12 words)
A bouquet of flowers sat stuck into a dirt pile at the end of the driveway. (16 words)
Dry pile A number of high-voltage dry piles were invented between the early 19th century and the 1830s in an attempt to determine the source of electricity of the wet voltaic pile, and specifically to support Volta’s hypothesis of contact tension. (43 words)
Gameplay On each turn, a player must draw either the (face-up) top card of the discard pile, or the (face-down) top card from the stock pile, and discard one card from his or her hand onto the discard pile. (41 words)
Man City set for horrendous fixture pile-up when West Ham game gets rescheduled after postponement due to Storm Ciara – and it could get worseManchester City are staring at the prospect of a nightmarish fixture pile-up after their Premier. (41 words)
Example sentences (20)
Gameplay On each turn, a player must draw either the (face-up) top card of the discard pile, or the (face-down) top card from the stock pile, and discard one card from his or her hand onto the discard pile.
Cutler attempted to suplex Avalon onto the pile of dice, while Avalon attempted to suplex Cutler onto a pile of books.
Man City set for horrendous fixture pile-up when West Ham game gets rescheduled after postponement due to Storm Ciara – and it could get worseManchester City are staring at the prospect of a nightmarish fixture pile-up after their Premier.
Pile is a key texture for the season, like the pile zip-up vest in either off-white or olive green with a nylon chest pocket and neck trim.
The bot didn't work as well cleaning carpets, earning sand-pickup averages of 21% and 27% on low-pile and mid-pile, respectively.
The broadcast partners need to keep putting the NFL over because of those billions, and so if the NFL makes it clear, pile on Kaepernick, then you pile on Kaepernick.
The installation titled Curiousness of a Fieldstone Pile will be a replication of a fieldstone pile, often seen throughout the agricultural landscape, recreated at Creemore Log Cabin.
I prefer to just leave a dirty pile on once side and clean pile of clothes on the other.
Once a steaming pile of horseshit, always a steaming pile of horseshit.
The lowest pile features the blue water and black streets, with the medium pile height portraying grey buildings and green lawns.
With a pre-existing compost pile, toss small cut-up pieces of the pumpkin into the pile, then use the rich fertilizer for next year’s garden.
A voltaic pile on display in the Tempio Voltiano (the Volta Temple) near Volta's home in Como The voltaic pile was the first electrical battery that could continuously provide an electric current to a circuit.
Dry pile A number of high-voltage dry piles were invented between the early 19th century and the 1830s in an attempt to determine the source of electricity of the wet voltaic pile, and specifically to support Volta’s hypothesis of contact tension.
The auger method of pile installation is similar to drilled pile installation, but concrete is pumped into the hole as the auger is being removed. citation Lateral earth support structures main A retaining wall is a structure that holds back earth.
The Azerbaijani carpet is a traditional handmade textile of various sizes, with dense texture and a pile or pile-less surface, whose patterns are characteristic of Azerbaijan's many carpet-making regions.
The face down pile is known as the stock pile.
The top of the pile then is insulated with more leaves, creating a pressure of heat and steam inside which cooks all food within the pile after several hours.
A backhoe sits on a pile of rubble that used to be the original Hawthorn School in Vernon Hills as it continues to take down the years of additions to the facility.
A bouquet of flowers sat stuck into a dirt pile at the end of the driveway.
Adesanya followed Pereira down to the mat but referee Dan Mirgliotta waved the fight off, returning the Nigerian-born New Zealander to the top of the middleweight pile, a weight class he has dominated for the last four years.
Common combinations with pile
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- pile of 63×
- pile up 25×
- the pile 18×
- to pile 15×
- pile on 12×
- and pile 6×
- pile and 5×
- debt pile 5×
- pile in 5×
- on pile 4×