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   pile

   /pʌɪl/

   noun

   • 1. a heap of things laid or lying one on top of another: "he placed the books in a neat pile" Similar heapstackmoundpyramidmassquantitybundleclumpbunchjumblecollectionaccumulationassemblagestorestockpileaggregationhoardloadtowerrickcold deckricklebing
   • ▪ a large amount of something: informal "he's making piles of money" Similar great deallotgreat/large amountlarge quantityabundancesuperabundancecornucopiaplethorawealthprofusionmountainquantitiesreamsplentyinformal:loadheapmassoceanstacktonshedloadslewswagvulgar slang:shitloadassload
   • ▪ a funeral pyre. archaic
   • 2. a large imposing building or group of buildings: "a Victorian Gothic pile" Similar mansionstately homehallmanorbig housemanor housecountry housecastlepalaceedificeimpressive building/structureresidenceabodeseatchâteaumanoirpalazzo
   • 3. a series of plates of dissimilar metals laid one on another alternately to produce an electric current.
   • 4. a nuclear reactor. dated

   verb

   • 1. place (things) one on top of the other: "she piled all the groceries on the counter" Similar heap (up)stack (up)make a heap/pile/stack ofaccumulateassembleput together
   • ▪ be stacked or loaded with: "his in tray was piled high with papers" Similar loadheapfill (up)ladepackstackchargestuffcramsmotherstock
   • 2. (of a group of people) get into or out of a vehicle or space in a disorganized manner: "ten of us piled into the minibus" Similar crowdclimbchargetumblestreamflockfloodpacksqueezepushshovejostleelbowcrushjam
   • ▪ (of a vehicle) crash into: "60 cars piled into each other on the M62"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin pila ‘pillar, pier’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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   What does pile in mean?

   • Move in a disorderly group into, crowd into, as in The team piled into the bus. The related expression pile in takes no object, as in Jack opened the car door and yelled, "Pile in!" [First half of 1800s] The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

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   What is piles?

   • a large pillar or stake driven into the ground as a foundation for a building, bridge etc. The entire city of Venice is built on piles. a machine for driving piles into the ground.

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   What does piled in mean?

   • to bunch people into something in a disorderly fashion. She piled the kids into the van and headed off for school. She piled in the kids and closed the doors. Pile them in and let's go. They piled themselves into the car and sped off. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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   What is the objective of the pile?

   • The objective is to obtain text from as many modalities as possible to ensure that models trained using The Pile will have much broader generalization abilities. Why is the Pile a good training set?

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