rock pile
Stacked geological debris
A rock pile is an accumulation of stones, whether naturally occurring or deliberately stacked.
In a prison context, breaking rocks on a rock pile was historically a form of hard labor: The judge sentenced him to five years on the rock pile.
The term evokes punitive, grueling work.
- heapJumbled collection of items
- markerSomething that signals location
- talusAnkle's main bone
- hard laborStrenuous punitive work
- prison laborEmployment of inmates
hard place · tumulus · inukshuk · landmark · gabion · boundary marker · penitentiary · stones · loose stones · scree · dolmen · moraine · shrine · rubble · quarry · trail markers · retaining wall · boulders
- artificial reefshipwreck, concrete block, tetrapod, subway car, oil rig
- stacked stonescairn, stone tower, duckie
- Moundsant mound, anthill, burial mound, cairn, heap
- pilesheap, stack, mound, accumulation, woodpile
- reptile habitatsdesert, swamp, rainforest, pond, river
- rocky terraincliffs, boulders, scree, outcrops, rockfall
composition/material
rock pilecompost heap
Decomposing organic material stack
leaf pile · sawdust pile · sand dune · sand pile · mulch pile
order/arrangement
rock pilestone wall
Dry-stacked rock barrier
masonry · cobblestone path · rock garden · cairn · dry stone wall