piled up
Stacked in layers
Piled up describes things accumulated in a heap or mass.
Dirty dishes pile up in the sink; work piles up on your desk; snow piles up against the door.
The phrase often suggests neglect or being overwhelmed: My emails have really piled up while I was away.
A piled-up car is one involved in a collision, especially a chain-reaction crash.
- heapedPiled in abundance
- stacked upArranged vertically in layers
- accumulatedGradually collected or gathered
- moundHeaped earth formation
- stackedArranged in a heap
backlog · backed up · traffic jam · amassed · built up · snowballed · sky high · load · stockpile · collected · avalanche · accrue · overflowing · gathered · deluged · waist deep · cluttered · snowdrift
piled upscattered
Spread irregularly about
spread out · dispersed · strewn · distributed · diffused
piled upcleared away
Removed from an area
depleted · diminished · dwindled · cleared out · used up
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