Pile (n.) A hair |
Pile (n.) A covering of hair or fur. |
Pile (n.) The head of an arrow or spear. |
Pile (n.) A large stake, or piece of timber, pointed and driven into the earth, as at the bottom of a river, or in a harbor where the ground is soft, for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc. |
Pile (n.) One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost. |
Pile (v. t.) To drive piles into |
Pile (n.) A mass of things heaped together |
Pile (n.) A mass formed in layers |
Pile (n.) A funeral pile |
Pile (n.) A large building, or mass of buildings. |
Pile (n.) Same as Fagot, n., 2. |
Pile (n.) 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 |
Pile (n.) The reverse of a coin. See Reverse. |
Pile (v. t.) To lay or throw into a pile or heap |
Pile (v. t.) To cover with heaps |
Pile-worn (a.) Having the pile worn off |
Sheet (v. t.) In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc. |
Sheet (v. t.) A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a covering |
Sheet (v. t.) A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon |
Sheet (v. t.) A single signature of a book or a pamphlet |
Sheet (v. t.) the book itself. |
Sheet (v. t.) A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance |
Sheet (v. t.) A broad expanse of water, or the like. |
Sheet (v. t.) A sail. |
Sheet (v. t.) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata. |
Sheet (v. t.) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind |
Sheet (v. t.) The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers |
Sheet (v. t.) To furnish with a sheet or sheets |
Sheet (v. t.) To expand, as a sheet. |
Sheet anchor (v. t.) A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel |
Sheet anchor (v. t.) Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger |
Sheet cable () The cable belonging to the sheet anchor. |
Sheet chain () A chain sheet cable. |
Three-pile (n.) An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile. |
sheet-metal work | the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) |
atomic pile atomic reactor pile chain reactor | a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy |
cookie sheet baking tray | a cooking utensil consisting of a flat rectangular metal sheet used for baking cookies or biscuits |
dust cover dust sheet | a large piece of cloth used to cover furniture that is not in use for a long period |
fitted sheet contour sheet | a sheet (usually with elastic edges) tailored to fit a particular mattress |
lake dwelling pile dwelling | dwelling built on piles in or near a lake, specifically in prehistoric villages |
pall shroud cerement winding-sheet windinglothes | burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped |
pile nap | 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 |
pile spile piling stilt | a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure |
pile driver | a machine that drives piling into the ground |
plate glass sheet glass | glass formed into large thin sheets |
sail canvas canvass sheet | a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel |
sheet bed sheet | bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth, used in pairs |
sheet tack mainsheet weather sheet shroud | (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind |
sheet flat solid | a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width |
sheet anchor waist anchor | spare anchor for use in emergency |
sheet bend becket bend weaver's knot weaver's hitch | a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye) |
sheet iron | plate iron thinner than tank iron |
sheet metal | sheet of metal formed into a thin plate |
sheet pile sheath pile sheet piling | a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage |
sheet web | an irregular spider web woven in a single plane and looking like flattened hammocks |
tent-fly rainfly fly sheet fly tent flap | flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent |
voltaic pile pile galvanic pile | battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series, the earliest electric battery devised by Volta |
down pile | fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) |
sheet piece of paper sheet of paper | paper used for writing or printing |
tear sheet | a sheet that can be easily torn out of a publication |
style sheet | a sheet summarizing the editorial conventions to be followed in preparing text for publication |
tabloid rag sheet | newspaper with half-size pages |
blotter day book police blotter rap sheet charge sheet | the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station |
time sheet | a record of the hours worked by employees |
flow chart flowchart flow diagram flow sheet | a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system |
tip sheet | a publication containing the latest information or tips or predictions for a particular business or stock market information or horse racing results, etc. |
dope sheet scratch sheet | a racing publication giving information on horses and the outcomes of horse races |
lead sheet | a sheet containing the words and melody for a song (and some indication of harmony) written in simple form |
sheet music | a musical composition in printed or written form, she turned the pages of the music as he played |
test paper examination paper exam paper question sheet | a written examination |
sheet lighting | lightning that appears as a broad sheet, due to reflections of more distant lightning and to diffusion by the clouds |
pile heap mound agglomerate cumulation cumulus | a collection of objects laid on top of each other |
compost heap compost pile | a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost |
garbage heap junk heap rubbish heap scrapheap trash heap junk pile trash pile refuse heap | an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter |
sheet | any broad thin expanse or surface, a sheet of ice |
pile bundle big bucks megabucks big money | a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit), she made a bundle selling real estate, they sank megabucks into their new house |
balance sheet | a record of the financial situation of an institution on a particular date by listing its assets and the claims against those assets |
b batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful heap lot mass mess mickle mint mountain muckle passel peck pile plenty pot quite a little raft sight slew spate stack tidy sum wad v b a | (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 |
plane sheet | (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape, we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane, any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane |
accumulate cumulate conglomerate pile up gather amass | collect or gather, Journals are accumulating in my office, The work keeps piling up |
sheet | cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping, sheet the body |
pile | place or lay as if in a pile, The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested |
stack pile heap | arrange in stacks, heap firewood around the fireplace, stack your books up on the shelves |
pile up heap up stack up | arrange into piles or stacks, She piled up her books in my living room |