Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Piles


So the dictionary says that a pile is;
pile
n.
1. A quantity of objects stacked or thrown together in a heap.
2. Informal A large accumulation or quantity: a pile of trouble.
3. Slang A large sum of money; a fortune: made their pile in the commodities market.
4. A funeral pyre.
5. A very large building or complex of buildings.
6. A nuclear reactor.
7. A voltaic pile.
8. A heavy beam of timber, concrete, or steel, driven into the earth as a foundation or support for a structure.
9. Heraldry A wedge-shaped charge pointing downward.
10. A Roman javelin.

I am going with number 8!

So here are our piles.





2 comments:

Cilla said...

there is another kind of piles, a medical thing but they arent very nice so i am going with number 8 too!
things are really moving fast, arent they. its great to be able to see it all happen.

Unknown said...

ah yes, well we have both those meanings too!!

LOL