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| pilaf | (n) rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes, Syn. pilaff, pilaw, pilau |
| pilar | (adj) of or relating to a hair |
| pilaster | (n) a rectangular column that usually projects about a third of its width from the wall to which it is attached |
| pilate | (n) the Roman procurator of Judea who ordered that Jesus be crucified (died in AD 36), Syn. Pontius Pilate |
| pilchard | (n) small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring, Syn. Sardina pilchardus, sardine |
| pile | (n) a collection of objects laid on top of each other, Syn. agglomerate, mound, cumulus, heap, cumulation |
| pile | (n) a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit), Syn. bundle, big bucks, big money, megabucks, Example: she made a bundle selling real estate; they sank megabucks into their new house |
| pile | (n) a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure, Syn. spile, stilt, piling |
| pile | (n) the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave, Syn. nap, Example: for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction |
| pile | (v) place or lay as if in a pile, Example: The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested |
| Pilage | n. See Pelage. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pilaster | n. [ F. pilastre, It. pilastro, LL. pilastrum, fr. L. pila a pillar. See Pillar. ] (Arch.) An upright architectural member right-angled in plan, constructionally a pier (See Pier, 1 |
| Pilastered | a. Furnished with pilasters. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pilau | ‖n. See Pillau. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pilch | n. [ AS. pylce, pylece, LL. pellicia. See Pelisse, and Pelt skin. ] A gown or case of skin, or one trimmed or lined with fur. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pilchard | n. [ Cf. It. pilseir, W. pilcod minnows. ] (Zool.) A small European food fish (Clupea pilchardus) resembling the herring, but thicker and rounder. It is sometimes taken in great numbers on the coast of England. [ 1913 Webster ] Fools are as like husbands as pilchards are to herrings. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pilcher | n. [ From Pilch. ] A scabbard, as of a sword. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pilcher | n. (Zool.) The pilchard. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pilcrow | n. [ A corruption of Paragraph. ] (Print.) a paragraph mark, ¶. [ Obs. ] Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pile | n. [ L. pilum javelin. See Pile a stake. ] The head of an arrow or spear. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ] |
