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noun
- 1. a crash involving several vehicles: "a three-car pile-up on the A350"
- 2. an accumulation of a specified thing: "a massive pile-up of data"
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PILE (SOMETHING) UP definition: 1. to form a pile, or to put a lot of things into a pile 2. (of something bad) to increase: 3. a…. Learn more.
A pile-up is a road accident in which a lot of vehicles crash into each other. ...a 54-car pile-up. Synonyms: collision , crash , accident , smash More Synonyms of pile up
: a jammed tangled mass or pile (as of motor vehicles or people) resulting from collision or accumulation
1. If you pile up a quantity of things or if they pile up, they gradually form a pile. [...] 2. If you pile up work, problems, or losses or if they pile up, you get more and more of them. [...] More. Definitions of 'pile-up' A pile-up is a road accident in which a lot of vehicles crash into each other. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'pile up' More.
Definitions of pile up. verb. arrange into piles or stacks. “She piled up her books in my living room” synonyms: heap up, stack up. see more. verb. get or gather together. synonyms: accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, roll up. see more. verb. collect or gather. “The work keeps piling up ”
1. If you pile up a quantity of things or if they pile up, they gradually form a pile. [...] 2. If you pile up work, problems, or losses or if they pile up, you get more and more of them. [...] More. Definitions of 'pile-up' A pile-up is a road accident in which a lot of vehicles crash into each other. [...] More.
Definition of pile up phrasal verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.