Pile and Stuff

Pile

Pile verb - To lay or throw on top of one another.

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Stuff and pile are semantically related in load topic. In some cases you can use "Stuff" instead the word "Pile" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: piled, piling

Stuff verb - To close up so that no empty spaces remain.

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Pile and stuff are semantically related in pack topic. Sometimes you can use "Pile" instead the word "Stuff" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: stuffy, stuffed, stuffing, stuffiness

old	old pile	old stuff
good	good pile	good stuff
nice	nice pile	nice stuff
normal	normal pile	normal stuff
Other adjectives: small, neat, little, impressive, useless, new, useful, random.

In the Whateley Universe, there's an entire pile of Applied Phlebotinum to explain this stuff.

Source: Powers as Programs
Knocking on a door sounded like BACH BACH, knocking over a pile of stuff produced a loud BRAHMS and so on.

Source: Unsound Effect
Except it was a pile of rotting stuff swarming with stalks-tentacles ending with eyes, mouths and whole bodies it absorbed.

Source: Extra Eyes

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