Meaning

2 senses
  1. (informal, plural, plural only)A large amount of.

    He must earn piles of money.

    a large number or amount

  2. (plural, plural only)Haemorrhoids.

    Many women get piles when pregnant.

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From Latin pila (“ball”).

From Latin pila (“ball”).

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Forms

plural: pileses
Singularpiles
Pluralpileses

regular

Synonyms

21 synonyms
informal: a large amount of:heaps of
load ofmountain ofshedload ofton of
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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