Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: heap
IPA transcription: [h'ip]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus
    Meaning: a collection of objects laid on top of each other
  • Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good_deal, great_deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite_a_little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy_sum, wad
    Meaning: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "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"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: heap
    Meaning: bestow in large quantities; "He heaped him with work"; "She heaped scorn upon him"
  • Synonyms: stack, pile, heap
    Meaning: arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves"
Usage examples
  • His correspondence never got in a heap.
  • She it was who had said "Heap dam dood."
  • People of France! what a heap of creatures!
  • "Yes, there's a heap of them on the table there.
  • In another minute the rest of the party had piled on the heap.
  • When Louis came home he discovered a neat heap reposing on his table.
  • The noon hour found us weary travelers reclining on a heap of blankets.
  • He's got messages, dispatches of some kind that are worth a heap to somebody.
  • Perhaps for yards and yards around, the interior of the sawdust heap was a glowing furnace.
  • Mash through a colander and heap lightly on a platter, arranging broiled chops around the puree.