piles
pronunciation
How to pronounce piles in British English:
UK [paɪlz]
How to pronounce piles in American English:
US [paɪlz]
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- Noun:
- pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter
- a large number or amount
Word Origin
- piles
- piles: see pellet
- piles (n.)
- "hemorrhoids," c. 1400, from Medieval Latin pili "piles," probably from Latin pila "ball" (see pill (n.)); so called from shape.
Example
- 1. This unit can ram piles right into the water .
- 2. But the piles had not gone away and were now bleeding and causing her intense pain .
- 3. This is the cidade de angra dos reis , a tanker refitted for oil production and storage , moored by 24 piles torpedoed into the ocean bed .
- 4. In the maldives , the floating islands will be anchored to the seabed using cables or telescopic mooring piles , making landforms that are stable even in storms .
- 5. Even if it didn 't really cure piles , the public must have appreciated the comfort of dedicated toilet tissue , and it soon spawned a host of copycat products .