Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: heaps
IPA transcription: [h'ips]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings
    Meaning: a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers"
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: heaps
    Meaning: very much; "thanks heaps"
Usage examples
  • "Heaps of them, oh, dryad!
  • "I have heaps and heaps to do.
  • "He must be a good sort of chap and DO heaps of things.
  • At its base there were heaps of shattered stones, and deep crevices almost like caves.
  • My friends began to comment on my changed looks, and advised me to leave off heaps of things.
  • When the coal districts are heaps of slag and cinders, industry will be found near the water-power.
  • But she found herself facing the open sea, and look which way she would there was only shore, sand heaps and blue water.
  • Two towers were erected two stories high, and were surrounded with heaps of inflamed materials consisting of fagots and straw.
  • Frenzied by defeat and their heaps of dead, the Soviet troops opened a tornado of steel and flame against the battered building.
  • In the red sunset, and in the white moonlight, heaps upon heaps of dead men lay strewn, a dreadful spectacle, all over the ground.