HEAP


Meaning of HEAP in English

n. 25B6; noun

a heap of boxes : PILE, stack, mound, mountain, mass, quantity, load, lot, jumble; collection, accumulation, assemblage, store, hoard.

(informal) we have heaps of room : A LOT, a fair amount, much, plenty, a good deal, a great deal, an abundance, a wealth, a profusion; (a great) many, a large number, numerous, scores; informal hundreds, thousands, millions, a load, loads, loadsa, a pile, piles, oodles, stacks, lots, masses, scads, reams, wads, pots, oceans, miles, tons, zillions; Brit. informal a shedload, lashings.

25B6; verb she heaped logs on the fire : PILE (UP), stack (up), make a mound of; assemble, collect.

25A0; heap something on/upon they heaped praise on her : SHOWER ON, lavish on, load on; bestow on, confer on, give, grant, vouchsafe, favour with.

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