Heaping

/ˈhiːpɪŋ/

Synonyms for "heaping" (23 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Noun(5 words)

accumulate accumulation amass amassing ample

Strong matches (7)

Noun(7 words)

bestow bunching confer copious cram excessive extreme

Related words (11)

Noun(11 words)

lavish load mound overfill pile piling plentiful portion quantity serving stack

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

11 entries

action collectiondegree modifierintensity termloadphysical actionportion praise process quantityquantity descriptor

More specific

23 entries

amassing blame complimentscopious quantitycrammed quantitycriticism cupfulexcessive criticismfull loadgarbage pilehandful haystackheaped portionmoundoverflowing praiseoverload

Showing 16 of 23 words.

Collocations

14 entries

heaping amountheaping contemptheaping debrisheaping dirtheaping insultsheaping massheaping measureheaping moundheaping pileheaping portionheaping praiseheaping quantityheaping sandheaping spoonful

Inflections

5 entries

heaped heapings heapsmore heapingmost heaping

Derivations

5 entries

heap heaped heapingly heaplike heaps

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Two heaping handfuls of cheese made for a rather unwieldy quesadilla.

Source: tatoeba (910013)

Make a thick cream sauce with one heaping tablespoonful each of butter and flour, and 1 scant cup of milk.

Source: tatoeba (10372431)

a heaping teaspoon of sugar

Source: wiktionary

a heaping big bowl of ice cream; a heaping bowl of rice

Source: wiktionary

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