heap

Speech parts

1. heap - Noun

2. heap - Verb

3. heap - Adverb

4. Heap - Proper noun

Meaning

A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.

A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile.

A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation; as, a heap of earth or stones.

To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; -- usually with up; as, to heap up treasures.

To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as, to heap stones; -- often with up; as, to heap up earth; or with on; as, to heap on wood or coal.

To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure) more than even full.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mass stack pile mound amass pile up peck cumulus mountain mickle mint cumulation collection deal lot
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Antonyms

mead sou meadow few good little
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Hypernyms

give machine car collection fill accumulation

Hyponyms

rick pyre shock flood stack cord

Phrases with the word

at the top of the heap thanks a heap heap praise on fall in a heap be on top of the heap heap scorn on

Derivatives

heaped heaping

Anagrams

epha HAPE HEPA

Examples

a batch of letters Source: Internet

a deal of trouble Source: Internet

a lot of money Source: Internet

he made a mint on the stock market Source: Internet

see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos Source: Internet

it must have cost plenty Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Heaneyan heanling Heanor Heap Bridge heap insult on injury heap of snow