piles

[piles]

A large number or amount

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The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called hemorrhoids. See Hemorrhoids. [The singular pile is sometimes used.]

Noun
a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed a mountain of newspapers"

Noun
pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter


n. pl.
The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called hemorrhoids. See Hemorrhoids. [The singular pile is sometimes used.]


Piles

Piles , n. pl. [L. pila a ball. Cf. Pill a medicine.] (Med.) The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called hemorrhoids. See Hemorrhoids. [The singular pile is sometimes used.] Blind piles, hemorrhoids which do not bleed.

The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called hemorrhoids. See Hemorrhoids. [The singular pile is sometimes used.]

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Usage Examples

I never saw any of my dad's stories. My mother said he had piles and piles of manuscripts.

No matter how vital experience might be while you lived it, no sooner was it ended and dead than it became as lifeless as the piles of dry dust in a school history book.

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Other Usage Examples

I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it.

Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles.

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