untidy pile

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• pile — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, enormous, great, huge, large, massive ▪ little, small ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• untidy — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, seem ▪ I m afraid the house is rather untidy. ▪ become, get ▪ I ve become more untidy since I stopped going out to work …   Collocations dictionary

• pile — pile1 [ paıl ] noun ** ▸ 1 things put on things ▸ 2 large amount of something ▸ 3 surface of cloth/carpet ▸ 4 piling ▸ 5 hemorrhoids ▸ 6 very large old building ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a number of things put on top of each other: She sorted her… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pile — I UK [paɪl] / US noun Word forms pile : singular pile plural piles ** 1) a) [countable] a number of things put on top of each other She sorted her clothes into tidy piles. pile of: a pile of books and papers b) a lot of things that have been put… …   English dictionary

• pile*/ — [paɪl] noun I 1) [C] a number of things that are put on top of each other in an untidy way Rubbish lay in piles in the street.[/ex] a pile of books and papers[/ex] 2) [C] informal a large amount of something By the time he was 40, he d made piles …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• heap — heap1 [hi:p] n [: Old English;] 1.) a large untidy pile of things ▪ a rubbish heap heap of ▪ There was a heap of stones where the building used to be. in a heap ▪ The envelopes for posting lay in a heap on her desk. ▪ We piled the branches into… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• heap — I UK [hiːp] / US [hɪp] noun [countable] Word forms heap : singular heap plural heaps * 1) a large pile of something, especially an untidy pile a rubbish heap heap of: The bomb had reduced the building to a heap of rubble. be in a heap: His… …   English dictionary

• heap — 1 noun (C) 1 a large untidy pile of things: a rubbish heap (+ of): heaps of dead leaves | in heaps: Dirty clothes lay in heaps on the floor. 2 heaps of informal a lot of something: Don t worry, we ve got heaps of time. 3 humorous an old car that… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• heap — [hiːp] noun [C] I a large untidy pile of something a heap of old car parts[/ex] Dirty rags lay in a heap on the floor.[/ex] • heaps of sth a lot of something[/ex] II verb [T] heap [hiːp] 1) to make a big untidy pile of things Clothing was heaped… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• litter — I UK [ˈlɪtə(r)] / US [ˈlɪtər] noun Word forms litter : singular litter plural litters * 1) a) [uncountable] things such as pieces of paper that people have dropped on the ground in a public place, making it untidy The park and river are full of… …   English dictionary

• thatch — [θætʃ] n 1.) [U and C] ↑straw, ↑reeds, leaves etc used to make a roof, or the roof made of them 2.) [singular] a thick untidy pile of hair on someone s head …   Dictionary of contemporary English