Definition of Heap

Noun: heap  heep

  1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other
    - pile, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus
     
  2. (often followed by 'of') a large number, amount or extent
    "a heap of letters";
    - batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, mass, mess, mickle [archaic], mint, mountain, muckle, passel [US], peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, bunch
     
  3. A car that is old and unreliable
    "the fenders had fallen off that old heap";
    - bus, jalopy, hooptie [US], clunker [N. Amer], banger [Brit]
     
  4. (computing) a data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children
Verb: heap  heep
  1. Bestow in large quantities
    "He heaped him with work"; "She heaped scorn upon him"
     
  2. Arrange in stacks
    "heap firewood around the fireplace";
    - stack, pile
     
  3. Fill to overflow
    "heap the platter with potatoes"

See also:
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Anagrams containing the word heap

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