noun
- A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure.
verb
- Arrange in stacks.
- usage: "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves"
- Press tightly together or cram.
- usage: "The crowd packed the auditorium"
- Place or lay as if in a pile.
- usage: "The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested"
- synonyms: pile
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