noun
- A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
- synonyms: pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus
- 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"
- A car that is old and unreliable.
- usage: "the fenders had fallen off that old bus"
- A large number or amount.
- usage: "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers"
verb
- Bestow in large quantities.
- usage: "He heaped him with work"; "She heaped scorn upon him"
- synonyms: heap
- Arrange in stacks.
- usage: "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves"
- Fill to overflow.
- usage: "heap the platter with potatoes"
- synonyms: heap
adverb
- Very much.
- usage: "thanks heaps"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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