a large quantity or a big heap of something, often used to emphasize the abundance or excess of items.

an amassed quantity or buildup of something

garbage heap

to pile up; to stack

to pile up until full

an exposed, uncontained pile of burning fuel used for warmth or cooking in an outdoor setting

to use excessive ornate rhetoric or fancy phrases in writing, often at the expense of substance

to be piled up in an immense heap like a mountain, describing a physical accumulation

a mound of earth

Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan, a Han dynasty archaeological site

to pile up or arrange objects layer upon layer

a data structure in computing used for storing items in a last-in, first-out (LIFO) manner

a pile of old books or dusty documents

accumulative or additive in nature, often used in technical or mathematical contexts

wet piling, aka wet pile fermentation (a stage in the production of certain types of tea, notably ripe Pu'er tea)

to accumulate a vast amount of gold and jade; extremely rich

lit. piles of work and papers (idiom); fig. accumulated backlog of work

additive number theory (math.)

atomic pile (original form of nuclear reactor)

atomic reactor

to play with or stack building blocks

close-packing of spheres (math.)

high-lift pallet truck; pallet stacker

(of people) to flock together; to congregate

hexagonal close-packed (HCP) structure

to stockpile

to assess an entire lot

Nathu La (Himalayan pass on the Silk Road between Tibet and the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim)

Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)

thermal nuclear reactor

a heap of broken bricks, stones, and debris from destroyed buildings

a pile or stack of paper or documents

light water reactor (LWR)

heavy water reactor (HWR)

to study old books and papers; to dig into piles of outdated writings

an uncovered storage facility or yard used for stockpiling goods and materials