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piles

pi·les

UK/paɪlz/ US/ˈpaɪlz/ fairly common informal

noun

1.
2.

a large number or amount

  • “made lots of new friends”
  • “she amassed a mountain of newspapers”
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Origin

From Latin pila (“ball”).

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