Heap

Quick meaning: Heap is a noun meaning A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
2. A great number or large quantity of things.
3. (computing) A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.
4. (computing) Memory that is dynamically allocated.
5. (colloquial) A dilapidated place or vehicle.
6. (colloquial) A lot, a large amount
7. (transitive) To pile in a heap.

Example Sentences

a heap of earth; a heap of stones

Huge heaps of slain around the body rise.

I have noticed a heap of things in my life.

a vast heap, both of places of scripture and quotations

Word Forms

• heaps
• heaping
• heaped

Synonyms for heap

Depending on context, synonyms include amass, pile up, slew, spate, mass, pile.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pile, lot, muckle, mickle, slew, plenty.

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