Heap

  • 11heap — index assemblage, bulk, collection (accumulation), hoard (noun), hoard (verb), plethora, quantity …

    Law dictionary

  • 12heap on — heap upon they heaped praise on her Syn: shower on, lavish on, load on; bestow on, confer on, give, grant, vouchsafe, favor with …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 13heap — heap1 [ hip ] noun count * 1. ) a large pile of something, especially a messy pile: a rubbish heap heap of: The bomb had reduced the building to a heap of rubble. be in a heap: His clothes were in a crumpled heap on the floor. in heaps: The… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 14heap — [[t]hi͟ːp[/t]] heaps, heaping, heaped 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A heap of things is a pile of them, especially a pile arranged in a rather untidy way. ...a heap of bricks. ...a compost heap... He has dug up the tiles that cover the floor and left… …

    English dictionary

  • 15heap — I UK [hiːp] / US [hɪp] noun [countable] Word forms heap : singular heap plural heaps * 1) a large pile of something, especially an untidy pile a rubbish heap heap of: The bomb had reduced the building to a heap of rubble. be in a heap: His… …

    English dictionary

  • 16heap — heap1 [hi:p] n [: Old English;] 1.) a large untidy pile of things ▪ a rubbish heap heap of ▪ There was a heap of stones where the building used to be. in a heap ▪ The envelopes for posting lay in a heap on her desk. ▪ We piled the branches into… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17heap — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great, large ▪ little, small ▪ crumpled ▪ ash (AmE …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 18heap — /hip / (say heep) noun 1. an assemblage of things, lying one on another; a pile: a heap of stones. 2. (sometimes plural) Colloquial a great quantity or number; a multitude: a heap better; heaps further. 3. Colloquial something very old and… …

  • 19heap — heaper, n. heapy, adj. /heep/, n. 1. a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile: a heap of stones. 2. Informal. a great quantity or number; multitude: a heap of people. 3. Slang. an automobile, esp. a dilapidated one. 4. all… …

    Universalium

  • 20heap —   Pu u, ahu, kūāhua, āhua, kuapapa, anu a, nu a, lu a, ho onu a.   Also: āluka, pa i, laupa i, kūpa i, paila, huku, kilohana, mahena.    ♦ Heap of food, pu u ai, kio honua.    ♦ Heap of stones, pu u pōhaku, kaulana a ā.    ♦ Heap of pebbles, pu u …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary