heap
A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
Other meanings
A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
“a heap of earth; a heap of stones”
A great number or large quantity of things.
Synonyms
- pile
- mound
- cumulus
Related words
- aheap
- all of a heap
- ant-heap
- antheap
- ash-heap
- ash-heap-cake
- ash heap of history
- at the top of the heap
- compost heap
- dung-heap
- dung heap
- dustheap
Word history
From Old English "hēap".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “heap” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.