What is another word for piled?

Pronunciation: [pˈa͡ɪld] (IPA)

When we think of the word "piled," the first thing that comes to mind is a stack of objects one on top of the other. However, there are a multitude of synonyms that can be used in its place. For example, the word "heaped" can be used to describe a pile of objects that are irregularly arranged. "Stacked" is another synonym that can be used to describe objects that have been arranged in an organized, vertical manner. "Amassed," "accumulated," and "gathered" are all synonyms that can be used to describe a collection of objects in a pile. Finally, "collected," "clustered," and "grouped" are words that describe a pile of objects that are categorized or sorted in some way.

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Usage examples for Piled

The cover was not fastened, but only held in place by the weight of stones and earth piled above it.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
Barton was at the dinner too, and he piled it on thick about our island, made it quite romantic.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
He gripped with one hand the chairback and stared down at her high-piled, yellow hair.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower

Famous quotes with Piled

  • If you don't know what to do with many of the papers piled on your desk, stick a dozen colleagues initials on them and pass them along. When in doubt, route.
    Malcolm Forbes
  • When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.
    Thomas Jefferson
  • Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.
    Jack Kerouac
  • The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
    Abraham Lincoln
  • Democracy is never a thing done. Democracy is always something that a nation must be doing. What is necessary now is one thing and one thing only that democracy become again democracy in action, not democracy accomplished and piled up in goods and gold.
    Archibald MacLeish

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