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heap

Nouns

• (n) a collection of objects laid on top of each other cumulation, pile, agglomerate, cumulus, mound,
• (n) (often followed by "of") a large number or amount or extent
  • 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
  good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, mickle, mint, muckle, passel, peck, quite a little, slew, spate, tidy sum, batch, mass, mountain, pile, plenty, raft, stack, wad, deal, flock, pot, mess, sight,
• (n) a car that is old and unreliable
  • the fenders had fallen off that old bus
  jalopy, bus,

Verbs

• (v) bestow in large quantities
  • He heaped him with work
  • She heaped scorn upon him
• (v) arrange in stacks
  • heap firewood around the fireplace
  • stack your books up on the shelves
  pile, stack,
• (v) fill to overflow
  • heap the platter with potatoes

Synonyms

cumulation pile agglomerate cumulus mound stack good deal great deal hatful lot mickle mint muckle passel peck quite a little slew spate tidy sum batch mass mountain plenty raft wad deal flock pot mess sight jalopy bus

See also

heap up stack up pile up

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