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1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other
   - pile, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus
    
2. (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent
   - 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
    
3. A car that is old and unreliable
   - bus, jalopy, hooptie [US], clunker [N. Amer], banger [Brit]

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"

Derived forms: heaped, heaping, heaps

See also: heap up

Type of: accumulation, aggregation, arrange, assemblage, auto, automobile, car, collection, dysphemism, fill, fill up, give, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity, machine, make full, motorcar, set up

Encyclopedia: Heap