heap

Disorderly thrown mass

A heap is a pile of things thrown or lying together without order: a heap of dirty laundry, a heap of rubble.

The word extends to large quantities: heaps of money, a heap of trouble.

To heap is to pile up or load abundantly: She heaped food on his plate.

In computing, the heap is a region of memory for dynamic allocation.

A heap can also be an old, barely functioning car.

verb

pile

Accumulated mass of objects

  • stackItems piled vertically
  • moundHeaped earth formation
  • amassCollect in quantity

accumulate · load · dump · shovel · throw · toss · gather · collect · pile up · stack up

mound

pile

Accumulated mass of objects

mound · hillock · knoll · tumulus · barrow · cairn · dune · hummock · anthill · mass

mess

jumble

Confused disorderly collection

disarray · muddle · hodgepodge · mishmash · chaos · disorder · confusion · litter · debris · rubble

vehicle

jalopy

Dilapidated old vehicle

  • clunkerWorn-out old car
  • wreckDestroyed vessel or vehicle
  • junkerDecrepit, worthless automobile

beater · rattletrap · banger · crate · bucket · rust bucket

abundance

lots

Large amount, or parcels

  • plentySufficient quantity, and then some
  • loadsLarge quantities
  • tonsLarge quantities, informally

masses · oodles · piles · stacks · gobs · scads · slew · profusion · wealth · bounty

accumulation

stockpile

Accumulated reserve supply

  • hoardHidden accumulated valuables
  • stashHidden reserve
  • cacheConcealed storage spot

collection · aggregation · amassment · buildup · accrual · gathering · amassing · store · reserve · backlog

Categories
Opposites
quantity

heapbit

Small amount or portion

little · pittance · smidgen · trace · speck

arrangement

heapstack

Items piled vertically

arrangement · array · row · line · order

action (verb sense)

heapscatter

Distribute in random directions

disperse · spread · distribute · spread out · unpile

Phrases
Family

heaps, heaped, heaping

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G