heap
has definitions from the field of transportation
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[ noun ] a collection of objects laid on top of each other
Used in print (E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)But after the doctor 's return that night Alex could see , from the high window in his own room , the now familiar figure crouched on a truly impressive heap of towels , apparently giving its egg hatching powers one final chance before it was replaced in its office by a sure-enough hen . (Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)`` This coat looks_like a rag heap '' . (John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)Also , she lived in continual fear of finding a white worm curled_up in a neat , mean little heap at the white center of the radish . Related terms collection stack woodpile shock dunghill scrapheap pyre stockpile compost_heap slagheap stack accumulate throng |
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[ noun ] (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Examples : "a batch of letters" "a deal of trouble" "a lot of money" "he made a mint on the stock market" "it must have cost plenty" Used in print (Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)Private Jenkins_Lloyd_Jones of the Wisconsin_Light_Artillery wrote in his diary : `` I strolled among the Alabamans on the right , found some of the greenest specimens of humanity I think in the universe their ignorance being little less_than the slave they despise with as imperfect a dialect ' They Recooned as how you ' uns all would be a heap wus to we ' uns all '' ' . Related terms |
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[ verb ] arrange in stacks
Examples "heap firewood around the fireplace" "stack your books up on the shelves" Used in print (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)At the end of the room there was a desk heaped with papers , and she began to riffle these , making sighs and and noises of girlish exasperation . |
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[ verb ] bestow in large quantities
Examples "He heaped him with work" "She heaped scorn upon him" Used in print (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)Upon receiving the news , Northern writers , editors , and clergymen heaped accusations of murder on the Southern states , particularly Virginia . |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 16508
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[ noun ] (transportation) a car that is old and unreliable
Examples "the fenders had fallen off that old bus" Related terms |
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