Collocations with "pile"

28 collocations found

pile of washing

A heap of clothes, usually dirty ones waiting to be washed.

washing7.9
pile of garbage

an untidy mass of waste material

garbage7.5
pile of junk

A quantity of discarded items stacked together.

junk7.1
junk pile

A large pile of rubbish or unwanted things.

junk7.1
box7.0
pile of ironing

a quantity of clothes waiting to be ironed

ironing7.0
rag7.0
pile of rubble

A quantity of rubble stacked up.

rubble7.0
pile of debris

A quantity of debris stacked or thrown together in a heap.

debris6.8
pile of sticks

A heap of sticks lying on top of each other.

stick6.7
wood6.7
pile of wreckage

Refers to a mass of wreckage heaped together.

wreckage6.7
pile of laundry

a heap of clothes, either clean or dirty

laundry6.5
manure pile

a large pile of manure

manure6.5
pile of rubbish

A heap of waste.

rubbish6.5
a pile of crates

crates arranged in a heap

crate6.2
pile the crates

to arrange crates in a pile

crate6.1
dirt pile

a heap of earth

dirt6.0
pile of litter

a heap or collection of rubbish

litter6.0
pile of metal

A number of metal items put one on top of another.

metal6.0
pile of résumés

A large, often disorganized, quantity of résumés to review.

résumé6.0
pile a trolley

To load a trolley high with many items.

trolley6.0
pile of curriculum vitae

A large number of CVs received for a position.

curriculum vitae5.5
flip through pile

to look quickly through a stack of items like papers or photos

flip through5.5
trash5.5
pile of refuse

A large pile of waste.

refuse5.4
pile of correspondence

A stack of letters.

correspondence5.0
pile haphazardly

to stack things in a messy or careless way

haphazardly3.5