heap
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
Types & categories
- collection hypernym
- compost heap hyponym
- muckheap hyponym
- scrapheap hyponym
- shock hyponym
- slagheap hyponym
- stack hyponym
- pyre hyponym
- woodpile hyponym
- stockpile hyponym
Related & opposite
- conglomerate derivation
- pile derivation
- agglomerate derivation
- pile derivation
- jam derivation
- agglomerate derivation
- cumulous derivation
Sense 2 verb
bestow in large quantities
He heaped him with work
Types & categories
- give hypernym
Related & opposite
- lot derivation
Sense 3 noun
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
a batch of letters
Types & categories
- large indefinite quantity hypernym
- deluge hyponym
- haymow hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
arrange in stacks
heap firewood around the fireplace
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a car that is old and unreliable
the fenders had fallen off that old bus
Types & categories
- car hypernym
- dysphemism hypernym
Sense 6 verb
fill to overflow
heap the platter with potatoes
Types & categories
- fill hypernym
Related & opposite
- lot derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conglomerate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pile |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | agglomerate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pile |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | jam |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | agglomerate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cumulous |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | collection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | compost heap |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | muckheap |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scrapheap |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shock |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | slagheap |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stack |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pyre |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | woodpile |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stockpile |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lot |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | give |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | heap |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cram |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | jam |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | heap |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | plenteous |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | large indefinite quantity |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | deluge |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | haymow |
| 4 | also see | Related & opposite | heap up |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pile |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | stack |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | stacker |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | arrange |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | rick |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cord |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | car |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | dysphemism |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | lot |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | fill |