Definitions for heap

Definitions for (noun) heap

Main entry: jalopy, bus, heap

Definition: a car that is old and unreliable

Usage: the fenders had fallen off that old bus


Main entry: heap, cumulation, cumulus, agglomerate, mound, pile

Definition: a collection of objects laid on top of each other


Main entry: batch, mint, mountain, muckle, peck, passel, tidy sum, deal, spate, sight, slew, stack, heap, hatful, good deal, great deal, wad, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, lot, mass, mess, mickle, flock

Definition: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

Usage: a batch of letters; a deal of trouble; a lot of money; he made a mint on the stock market; see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos; it must have cost plenty; a slew of journalists; a wad of money


Definitions for (verb) heap

Main entry: heap

Definition: fill to overflow

Usage: heap the platter with potatoes


Main entry: pile, heap, stack

Definition: arrange in stacks

Usage: heap firewood around the fireplace; stack your books up on the shelves


Main entry: heap

Definition: bestow in large quantities

Usage: He heaped him with work; She heaped scorn upon him


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