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Meaning of heap

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  heap
      n 1: a collection of objects laid on top of each other [syn:
           {pile}, {heap}, {mound}, {agglomerate}, {cumulation},
           {cumulus}]
      2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
         "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money";
         "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the
         winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost
         plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn:
         {batch}, {deal}, {flock}, {good deal}, {great deal},
         {hatful}, {heap}, {lot}, {mass}, {mess}, {mickle}, {mint},
         {mountain}, {muckle}, {passel}, {peck}, {pile}, {plenty},
         {pot}, {quite a little}, {raft}, {sight}, {slew}, {spate},
         {stack}, {tidy sum}, {wad}]
      3: a car that is old and unreliable; "the fenders had fallen off
         that old bus" [syn: {bus}, {jalopy}, {heap}]
      v 1: bestow in large quantities; "He heaped him with work"; "She
           heaped scorn upon him"
      2: arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace";
         "stack your books up on the shelves" [syn: {stack}, {pile},
         {heap}]
      3: fill to overflow; "heap the platter with potatoes"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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