Pile meaning : A mass of things heaped together; a heap. A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process. A mass formed in layers. A funeral pile; a pyre. A large amount of money. A large building, or mass of buildings. A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a fagot. A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals (especially copper and zinc), laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; a voltaic pile, or galvanic pile. An atomic pile; an early form of nuclear reactor. The reverse (or tails) of a coin. A list or league (often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load. To add something to a great number. (of vehicles) To create a hold-up. To place (guns, muskets, etc.) together in threes so that they can stand upright, supporting each other.