Pile (disambiguation)

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A pile is a type of foundation. Pile can also refer to a number of different things:

  • Piles, a medical problem
  • Carpet pile, a measure of the fibre length in carpets
  • Country pile, a stately home or large country house
  • Nuclear pile, early term for a nuclear reactor, typically one constructed of graphite
  • Pile (heraldry), an ordinary, a downward-pointing triangle reaching from the top of the shield to its bottom, and occupying its full width
  • Voltaic pile, the first modern electric battery

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  • The Pile, wreckage of the World Trade Center after 11 September 2001