piles

piles · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Plural of "pile": multiple heaps of things.

  2. 2.

    (informal) Large amounts of something.

  3. 3.

    (medical, informal) Hemorrhoids; swollen blood vessels in the rectum.

Related words

See also: heaps, pile, stacks
Synonyms: heaps, hemorrhoids, stacks

Etymology

Plural of Latin pila. The medical sense (hemorrhoids) comes from Latin pila ("ball"), referring to the rounded swellings.