Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: piles
IPA transcription: [p'aɪlz]
Pronunciations of piles
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings
    Meaning: a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers"
  • Synonyms: hemorrhoid, haemorrhoid, piles
    Meaning: pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter
Usage examples
  • Piles of shadows covered the horizon.
  • Other clothes lay on the floor in neat piles.
  • On Brion's desk when he came in, were two neat piles of paper.
  • At the piers will be noticed bags of coffee and cocoa beans, great quantities of rubber and piles of hides.
  • Large piles of brush lay scattered about the clearing, and a wary and aged squaw was occupied in firing as many as might serve to light the coming exhibition.
  • "He seems to like old stone walls and rock piles," continued Peter, "and he is one of the brightest, liveliest, merriest and the most lovable of all my friends."
  • Robert tried to catch her, and even before they had finished the breathless roll among the piles of clothes, which was what his catching ended in, he whispered--
  • Just then the crafty squaw, who had taken the necessary precaution to fire the piles, made her way through the throng, and cleared a place for herself in front of the captive.
  • He came toward her and took the tray from her hands, and, turning back into the room with it, made as if to set it upon his table. But the piles of his pamphlets were in the way.
  • There were chandeliers hung from the ceiling, I remember, many servants in livery, gaming-tables where the men played with piles of gold, and a staircase down which the guests made their entrance.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Chris Moyles, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Falcon's Fury, License CC BY-SA 4.0