heap

Noun
  1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other (synset 107978094)
    is a type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, mound, pile
  2. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent (synset 113796604)
    "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"
    is a type of: large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
    subtypes:
    same as: 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
  3. A car that is old and unreliable (synset 102927938)
    "the fenders had fallen off that old bus"
    is a 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
    same as: bus, jalopy
Verb
  1. Bestow in large quantities (synset 202268596)
    "He heaped him with work"; "She heaped scorn upon him"
    is a type of: give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
  2. Arrange in stacks (synset 201506036)
    "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves"
    is a type of: arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order
    subtypes:
    • rick - pile in ricks
    • cord - stack in cords
    same as: pile, stack
  3. Fill to overflow (synset 200454379)
    "heap the platter with potatoes"
    is a type of: fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense

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