Fan letters lay in a heap on the desk.
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Heap
//hiːp//
Synonyms for "heap" (357 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (72)
Strong matches (107)
concentrateconfercongeriesconglomerationconsiderablecordcornucopiacountcramcratecrowdcrushcumulatecumulationdealdeal outdelugedepositdish outdispense
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dogdoledole outdonatedosedriftdumpduneembankmentextendfillflockfloodfork outfreightgalaxygarnergarner upgathergather into barnsgatheringgiftgift withgivegive cheerfullygive freelygive outgleangobgobsgood dealgrantgreat dealgrouphand outharvesthaycockhaymowhayrickhaystackheap upheap uponheapshelp tohidehillhoardhoard upholdhordehosthunkimpartinventoryissuejalopyjamjillionkeepladelarderlarge amountlashingslavishlavish uponlay uplegionlet haveloadloadslot
Noun(15 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (178)
Noun(38 words)
lotslumberlumpmachinemassmaterialmaterialsmaterielmeasuremessmetemete outmillionmintmobmolehillmotormotor vehiclemotorcarmotorized vehicle
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moundmountainmowmuchmultitudemunitionsnot hold backnumberofferoodlesopen the pursepackpack awaypanoplyparcelpartpeckpile uppilesplenitudeplentyplethorapocketportionpotpotspourpowerpresentpressprofferprofusionprovideprovisionprovisionmentprovisionsput uppyramidquantitiesquantityquite a littlerabbleraftraftsrainrationrationsreamreaprenderrepertoirerepertoryrickroutrucksacksavesave upscadsscoresseasecreteserveset asideshell outshipshockshowershower down uponsightslatherslewslewsslipsmall amountsnowsnowdriftspare no expensespare nothingspatesquirrelsquirrel awaystack upstacksstashstockstock upstock-in-tradestockpilestorestore upstoresstowsumsuperabundancesuppliessupplysupply on handtenderthousandthrongtidy sumtontonstreasuretreasure uptreasurytrilliontubvoiturevouchsafewadwadswheelswhole slewwreckyield
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1 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
51 entriesShowing 16 of 51 words.
has context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
similar
1 entriesTranslations
217 translations across 57 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- θίς noun (pile)
- σωρός noun (pile)
- σώρευμα noun (pile)
- χόω verb (to pile in a heap)
Arabic
1 entries- كومة noun (pile)
Armenian
2 entries- զանգված noun (pile)
- կույտ noun (pile)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- qalaq noun (pile)
- topa noun (pile)
- yığın noun (pile)
Basque
1 entries- pilo noun (pile)
Belarusian
2 entries- ку́па noun (pile)
- ку́ча noun (pile)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- ढेर noun (pile)
Bulgarian
4 entries- куп noun (pile)
- купчина noun (pile)
- маса noun (great number or large quantity of things)
- таратайка noun (colloquial: dilapidated place or vehicle)
Catalan
1 entries- pila noun (type of data structure)
Chechen
1 entries- гӏама noun (pile)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎤᎪᏗᏗ noun (pile)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 堆 noun (pile)
- 堆 noun (type of data structure)
Czech
1 entries- halda noun (type of data structure)
Danish
1 entries- stak noun (pile)
Dutch
4 entries- berg noun (pile)
- berg noun (great number or large quantity of things)
- hoop noun (pile)
- massa noun (great number or large quantity of things)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- курык noun (pile)
Esperanto
1 entries- stako noun (pile)
Finnish
4 entries- joukko noun (crowd)
- joukko noun (great number or large quantity of things)
- jätti noun (colloquial: large amount)
- kasa noun (pile)
French
4 entries- monceau noun (pile)
- pile noun (pile)
- pile noun (type of data structure)
- tas noun (pile)
Galician
4 entries- acervo noun (great number or large quantity of things)
- alarve noun (pile)
- cemba noun (pile)
- chea noun (crowd)
Georgian
1 entries- გროვა noun (pile)
German
4 entries- Haufe noun (pile)
- Haufen noun (pile)
- Heap noun (type of data structure)
- Masse noun (crowd)
Greek
4 entries- στοίβα noun (pile)
- σωρός noun (pile)
- σωρός noun (type of data structure)
- στοιβάζω verb (to pile in a heap)
Hebrew
1 entries- הִרְעִיף verb (to supply in great quantity)
Hindi
1 entries- ढेर noun (pile)
Hungarian
1 entries- halom noun (pile)
Ingrian
4 entries- koko noun (pile)
- mytty noun (pile)
- ropja noun (pile)
- runni noun (pile)
Irish
2 entries- carnán noun (pile)
- dumha noun (pile)
Italian
4 entries- catasta noun (pile)
- cumulo noun (pile)
- folla noun (crowd)
- marea noun (great number or large quantity of things)
Japanese
4 entries- ヒープ noun (type of data structure)
- 堆積 noun (pile)
- 塚 noun (pile)
- 山 noun (pile)
Khmer
3 entries- គំនរ noun (pile)
- ពំនូក noun (pile)
- រនះ noun (pile)
Korean
2 entries- 더미 noun (pile)
- 무더기 noun (pile)
Latgalian
4 entries- gobona noun (pile)
- grāda noun (pile)
- guba noun (pile)
- kryva noun (pile)
Latin
3 entries- acervus noun (pile)
- cumulus noun (pile)
- struēs noun (pile)
Latvian
3 entries- grēda noun (pile)
- kaudze noun (pile)
- čupa noun (pile)
Lithuanian
2 entries- kaũpas noun (pile)
- krūvà noun (pile)
Macedonian
1 entries- куп noun (pile)
Māori
4 entries- kōputu noun (pile)
- purawhetū noun (pile)
- taupū noun (pile)
- haipū verb (to pile in a heap)
Norwegian
1 entries- heap noun (type of data structure)
Occitan
4 entries- fola noun (crowd)
- molon noun (crowd)
- molon noun (pile)
- molon noun (great number or large quantity of things)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- كومه noun (pile)
- ییغین noun (pile)
Persian
3 entries- توده noun (pile)
- کوت noun (pile)
- کپه noun (pile)
Polish
3 entries- kopiec noun (type of data structure)
- kupa noun (pile)
- sterta noun (pile)
Portuguese
4 entries- calhambeque noun (colloquial: dilapidated place or vehicle)
- carripana noun (colloquial: dilapidated place or vehicle)
- chaço noun (colloquial: dilapidated place or vehicle)
- chaço-velho noun (colloquial: dilapidated place or vehicle)
Quechua
2 entries- qisa noun (crowd)
- qutu noun (pile)
Romanian
1 entries- groapă noun (pile)
Russian
4 entries- во́рох noun (pile)
- гру́да noun (pile)
- ки́па noun (pile)
- ку́ча noun (pile)
Sanskrit
2 entries- निचय noun (pile)
- राशि noun (pile)
Spanish
4 entries- cúmulo noun (pile)
- montículo noun (type of data structure)
- montón noun (pile)
- pila noun (pile)
Swedish
1 entries- heap noun (type of data structure)
Turkish
2 entries- öbek noun (pile)
- öbek noun (type of data structure)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎖𐎎𐎕 noun (pile)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ку́па noun (pile)
- ку́ча noun (pile)
Uyghur
3 entries- دۈۋە noun (pile)
- غارام noun (pile)
- غۇژمەك noun (crowd)
Vietnamese
2 entries- gò noun (pile)
- đống noun (pile)
Walloon
2 entries- hopea noun (pile)
- moncea noun (pile)
Welsh
1 entries- pentwr noun (pile)
Sample sentences
29 total sentences available.
A delicatessen caught fire and burned down, leaving a heap of ashes.
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Put the plan on the scrap heap.
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The unemployed always wind up at the bottom of the heap.
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