A pile of things can be called:
mound - an amount of something in a pile
heap - a large pile of something, especially an untidy pile
stack - a pile of things placed one on top of the othe
mountain - a large pile or amount of something
pyramid - a pile of things arranged in the shape of a pyramid
bank - a long pile of earth, snow, or sand
drift - a large pile of snow or sand formed by the wind
wad - a thick pile or ball of papers, money, or thin cloth
No, 'pile' is not a collective noun. A collective noun refers to a group of people, animals, or things as a single entity, such as 'herd' or 'flock'. 'Pile' is a singular noun that refers to a heap or mass of things stacked or thrown together.
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(English definitions from dictionary.com)-noun1. an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other: a pile of papers; a pile of bricks. > une pile2. Informal. a large number, quantity, or amount of anything: a pile of work. > une pile, un tas3. a heap of wood on which a dead body, a living person, or a sacrifice is burned; pyre. > un bûcher4. a lofty or large building or group of buildings: the noble pile of Windsor Castle. > les bâtiments5. Informal. a large accumulation of money: They made a pile on Wall Street. > un tas, une pile6. a bundle of pieces of iron ready to be welded and drawn out into bars. > un faisceau7. reactor. > un reacteur, une pile nucléaire8. Electricity. voltaic pile. > une pile, une pile électrique, une pile voltaique
It means, "pile." It could mean a pile of wool, a pile driven into the ground, a Voltaic pile (battery), or an atomic pile (nuclear reactor).
A large pile is called a heap or a mound.
Pile.
No, 'pile' is not a collective noun. A collective noun refers to a group of people, animals, or things as a single entity, such as 'herd' or 'flock'. 'Pile' is a singular noun that refers to a heap or mass of things stacked or thrown together.
If you have a pile of 80 things and you remove 64 of them, you'vetaken away 80% of the pile, and there are 16 things left in it.
A pile of earth is called a mound.
No, a pile of newspapers is typically called a stack or pile, not a bundle. Bundles are usually groups of newspapers that are wrapped or tied together for distribution.
It is called a pile
A mixed pile of things.
A single 'piece' of sand is called a 'grain'.
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A pile of clam shells is not a population because they are not living things so they can not be a population