pile
Webster Dictionary
a vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, as copper and zinc, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; -- commonly called Volta's pile, voltaic pile, or galvanic pile
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plush
(ʌʃ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a pile fabric whose pile is generally no less than ? inch (0.3 cm) high.
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velveteen
(ˌvɛl vɪˈtin)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a cotton pile fabric with short, velvetlike pile.
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pile driver
(ˈpaɪ liˌeɪ tɪd, ˈpɪl i-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a machine for driving piles, usu. composed of a tall framework in which either a weight is raised and dropped on a pile head or in which a steam hammer drives the pile.
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pile
Webster Dictionary
a mass of things heaped together; a heap; as, a pile of stones; a pile of wood
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pyre
Webster Dictionary
a funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt
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dolly
Webster Dictionary
in pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver
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stack
Webster Dictionary
to lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood
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pile
Webster Dictionary
to lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate; to amass; -- often with up; as, to pile up wood
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monkey
Webster Dictionary
the weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging
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shag rug
(shag rug)
Princeton's WordNet
a rug with long pile
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pile
(pile)
Princeton's WordNet
place or lay as if in a pile
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cumulous
(cumulous)
Princeton's WordNet
thrown together in a pile
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stack
(stack)
Princeton's WordNet
an orderly pile
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rick
(rick)
Princeton's WordNet
pile in ricks
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bank
(bank)
Princeton's WordNet
a long ridge or pile
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run up
(run up)
Princeton's WordNet
pile up (debts or scores)
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run-up
(run up)
Princeton's WordNet
pile up (debts or scores)
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scrapheap
(scrapheap)
Princeton's WordNet
pile of discarded metal
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stockpile
(stockpile)
Princeton's WordNet
a storage pile accumulated for future use
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stacker
(stacker)
Princeton's WordNet
a laborer who builds up a stack or pile
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woodpile
(woodpile)
Princeton's WordNet
a pile or stack of wood to be used for fuel
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slagheap
(slagheap)
Princeton's WordNet
pile of waste matter from coal mining etc
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tor
(tor)
Princeton's WordNet
a prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill
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turkish towel
(Turkish towel, terry towel)
Princeton's WordNet
a bath towel with rough loose pile
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terry towel
(Turkish towel, terry towel)
Princeton's WordNet
a bath towel with rough loose pile
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cord
(cord, corduroy)
Princeton's WordNet
a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton
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velveteen
(velveteen)
Princeton's WordNet
a usually cotton fabric with a short pile imitating velvet
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corduroy
(cord, corduroy)
Princeton's WordNet
a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton
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fleece
(flis)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the nap or pile of such a fabric.
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