heap

CEFRB2

/hiːp/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An untidy pile of things.

  2. 02

    verb

    To put things into a large pile.

Examples

  • A delicatessen caught fire and burned down, leaving a heap of ashes.

  • Fan letters lay in a heap on the desk.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /heːp/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A great number or large quantity of things.

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

  3. A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.

More examples

In context

  • My first car was an old heap.

  • You should move these structures from the stack to the heap to avoid a potential stack overflow.

  • a heap of earth; a heap of stones

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English hepe, from Old English hēap, from Proto-West Germanic *haup, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz (compare Dutch hoop, German Low German Hupen, German Haufen), from Proto-Indo-European *koupos (“hill”) (compare Lithuanian kaũpas, Albanian qipi (“stack”), Avestan 𐬐𐬂𐬟𐬀 (kåfa)).