heap Antonyms

Meaning of heap

Wordnet

heap (n)

a collection of objects laid on top of each other

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

a car that is old and unreliable

Wordnet

heap (v)

bestow in large quantities

arrange in stacks

fill to overflow

Webster

heap (n.)

A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.

A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile.

A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation; as, a heap of earth or stones.

Webster

heap (v. t.)

To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; -- usually with up; as, to heap up treasures.

To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as, to heap stones; -- often with up; as, to heap up earth; or with on; as, to heap on wood or coal.

To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure) more than even full.

FAQs About the word heap

a collection of objects laid on top of each other, (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent, a car that is old and unreliable, bestow in larg

bunch, deal, pile, wealth, slew, stack, chunk, lot, ton, dozen

whit, ace, smattering, taste, glimmer, pittance, tad, atom, mote, scrap

The construction site was littered with heaps of rubble and debris.

The old man's house was a heap of ruins after the earthquake.

The children played in a heap of fallen leaves in the autumn.

The farmer had a heap of hay waiting to be fed to the livestock.