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1. A column of wood, steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
   - pile, spile, stilt

1. Arrange in stacks
   "pile your books up on the shelves";
   - stack, heap
    
2. Press tightly together or cram
   - throng, mob, pack, jam
    
3. Place or lay as if in a pile
   "The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested"

Derived forms: pilings

See also: stack up, stacked

Type of: arrange, column, crowd, crowd together, lay, pillar, place, pose, position, put, set, set up

Encyclopedia: Piling