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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: heap

1
 nv
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
arrange in stacks
2
 n
a car that is old and unreliable
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: heap
1

n a collection of objects laid on top of each other

Synonyms:
agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, mound, pile
Types:
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compost heap, compost pile
a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost
dunghill, midden, muckheap, muckhill
a heap of dung or refuse
scrapheap
pile of discarded metal
shock
a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field
slagheap
pile of waste matter from coal mining etc
stack
an orderly pile
funeral pyre, pyre
wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
woodpile
a pile or stack of wood to be used for fuel
stockpile
a storage pile accumulated for future use
hayrick, haystack, rick
a stack of hay
Type of:
accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
several things grouped together or considered as a whole

n (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

Synonyms:
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad
Types:
deluge, flood, inundation, torrent
an overwhelming number or amount
haymow
a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation
Type of:
large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity
an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude

v arrange in stacks

“heap firewood around the fireplace”
Synonyms:
pile, stack
Types:
rick
pile in ricks
cord
stack in cords
Type of:
arrange, set up
put into a proper or systematic order

v fill to overflow

“heap the platter with potatoes”
Type of:
fill, fill up, make full
make full, also in a metaphorical sense

v bestow in large quantities

“He heaped him with work”
“She heaped scorn upon him”
Type of:
give
transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
2

n a car that is old and unreliable

Synonyms:
bus, jalopy
Type of:
auto, automobile, car, machine, motorcar
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
dysphemism
an offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one
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