sandpile

IPA: sˈændpaɪɫ

A pile of sand.
(mathematics, computing) Any of several models in which a series of connected nodes interact with their neighbours according to fixed rules.

Examples of "sandpile" in Sentences

Gornick, Vivian, sandpile of regret and, 173 — 174
In reality, however, they're pursuing a different agenda: transforming this former sandpile into a shoppers 'and sun worshippers' paradise.
There was, of course, more than a grain of truth in everything I said, but those grains, no matter how numerous, need not have become the sandpile that crushed the life out of love.
Her father takes Claire to practice in the Mexican Catholic cemetery, a ratty sandpile decorated with faded plastic flowers and clacking pinwheels, colorful santos and candles, a place her father calls the boneyard.