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Thesaurus entry: pile
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- The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
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pile
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noun
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a pile of clothes/logs/coins
synonyms
: heap, bundle, stack, mound, mass, accumulation, collection, assemblage, store, stockpile, hoard, load, mountain.
2.
a pile of work to do
synonyms
: great deal, quantity, abundance, mountain;
inf.
lot, lots, heap, ocean, stacks, oodles, tons.
3.
make a/his pile on the black market
synonyms
: fortune, money, wealth;
inf.
mint, stacks of money, tidy sum.
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
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Article: Displacement Piles At Indian Shores.
Dixie Contractor;
October 18, 2004 ;
700+ words
... ... sit atop a displacement pile foundation from Coastal ... Caisson Corp. Displacement piles have been used in other ... reduced the number of piles required from 260 to ... reducing the project's pile cap requirements. The piles have a typical depth ...
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