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heap

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
hiːp

Definitions

  1. Acronym of high explosive armor-piercing.
  2. A surname.
  3. A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
  4. A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
  5. A great number or large quantity of things.
  6. A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.
  7. Memory that is dynamically allocated.
  8. A dilapidated place or vehicle.
  9. A lot, a large amount

Equivalents

46 more languages
Azərbaycan diliqalaqtopayığın
Българскимасатълпа
Catalàpila
Češtinahaldahromadakopakupa
Cymraegpentwr
Danskstak
Esperantostako
Euskarapilo
Gàidhligbrìgbrùchdcruachdùn
עבריתגלערמה
Magyarhalom
Bahasa Indonesiatandingantimbun
ქართულიგროვა
ភាសាខ្មែរគំនរ
Lietuviųkaupaskrūva
Latviešuguba
Te Reo Māoriahungatahua
Македонскикуп
Nederlandsberghoopmassamensenmassa
Românăgroapă
Ikinyarwandaikirundo
සිංහලරැහැ
Svenskaråge
ไทยกอง
TürkçeÖbeksürü
Українськаворохгіркакупакуча
Tiếng Việtđộnggo

Examples

“A Heap of Vassals, and Slaues: […] A People that is without Naturall Affection, […] A Nation without Morality, without Letters, Arts, or Sciences
“He had plenty of friends, heaps of friends in the parliamentary sense
“a heap of earth; a heap of stones
Huge heaps of slain around the body rise.”
Every break seemed dangerous and Falcao clearly had the beating of Amorebieta. Others, being forced to stretch a foot behind them to control Arda Turan's 34th-minute cross, might simply have lashed a shot on the turn; Falcao, though, twisted back on to his left foot, leaving Amorebieta in a heap, and thumped in an inevitable finishhis 12th goal in 15 European matches this season.”
“a vast heap, both of places of scripture and quotations
“I have noticed a heap of things in my life.”
You should move these structures from the stack to the heap to avoid a potential stack overflow.”
“My first car was an old heap.”
Chuffy: It's on a knife edge at the moment, Bertie. If he can get planning permission, old Stoker's going to take this heap off my hands in return for vast amounts of oof.”
Thanks a heap!”
“[W]e went to the play, and Pen was struck all of a heap with Miss Fotheringay … And he’s fallen in love with herand I’m blessed if he hasn’t proposed to her […]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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