heap

[heep] / hip /

NOUN

pile, accumulation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bundle clump jumble lump stack ton

STRONG

abundance agglomeration aggregation assemblage bank batch bulk bunch cargo cluster collection concentration congeries deposit fullness gathering gobs harvest haul hill hoard load lot lots mass million mint mound mountain much ocean oodles plenty pot profusion quantity scad stock stockpile store sum thousand total trillion volume whole

WEAK

a lot amassment great deal

Antonyms

STRONG

ditch individual lack little one part valley want

WEAK

bit

VERB

amass, collect in pile

Synonyms

STRONGEST

concentrate dump stack

STRONG

accumulate add arrange augment bank bunch deposit fill gather group hoard increase load lump mass mound pack stockpile store swell

WEAK

fill up

Antonyms

STRONG

decrease deplete diminish disperse distribute divide lessen lose mix up scatter separate spend spread squander subtract use waste

Example Sentences

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To prepare for the first service since the disaster, the church had to remove towering heaps of mud that had been washed inside.

From Barron's

It also heaps green industrial-policy mandates on the rest of the auto supply chain.

From The Wall Street Journal

Palo Alto and CrowdStrike sit at the top of the heap — a heap that includes many smaller players, not all of which can survive on their own.

From Barron's

With the ball off the ground, amid a heap of bodies, the visitors were awarded a drop-out under their own posts and a chance to clear.

From BBC

"There's a whole heap of quality out there and I'm just trying to compete. I'm just giving my all," he told BBC Match of the Day.

From BBC

heap

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