heap
Definitions
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Acronym of high explosive armor-piercing. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- A surname.
- A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
- A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
- A great number or large quantity of things.
- A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.
- Memory that is dynamically allocated.
- A dilapidated place or vehicle.
- A lot, a large amount
Equivalents
46 more languages
Catalàpila
Cymraegpentwr
Danskstak
Esperantostako
Euskarapilo
Suomijätti-joukkokasakasatakekokokokukkuläjälajittaaRämäromuromukasaroskaroukkoröyhyröykkiörytökasatoppaväkijoukkovuori
Galegocembacheacómarocotarelocotobelomoamoitedumemontemontónmoreamorouzomultitudepetoucopetoutopíarebullóntoutelo
Magyarhalom
Italianoaccatastareammassareammucchiarecatastacolmarecoprirecumulofollamareamassamoltitudinemucchiopilaricolmarericoprireriempiresommergere
ქართულიგროვა
ភាសាខ្មែរគំនរ
Latviešuguba
Македонскикуп
Românăgroapă
Ikinyarwandaikirundo
සිංහලරැහැ
Svenskaråge
ไทยกอง
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 finish⟳ – his 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 her—and 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.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
See also
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