heap meaning and definition

HEAP noun

Definition of heap (noun)

1. a collection of objects laid on top of each other
   • synonyms: agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, mound, pile
2. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
   • "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"
   • synonyms: 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
   • "the fenders had fallen off that old bus"
   • synonyms: bus, jalopy

HEAP verb

Definition of heap (verb)

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 your books up on the shelves"
   • synonyms: pile, stack
3. fill to overflow
   • "heap the platter with potatoes"