Phrase Hound found 22 phrases and 37 compound words that contain heap. The most common are listed below. Open heap in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 22
- slag heapA man-made mound or heap formed with the waste material (slag) as a by-product of coal mining. Can also refer to the waste by-product from a foundry or furnace, formed into such a mound.
- compost heapa pile of garden or other organic waste which is left to decompose. See also compost.
- thanks a heapSynonym of thanks a lot: An emphatic thanks.
- all of a heapInto a sudden state of collapse or astonishment.
- spoil heapA heap formed of spoil (material discarded during mining or excavation).
- ash-heapA heap of ashes.
- Heap BridgeA small suburb of Heywood, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8210).
- ant-heapAn ant-hill.
- scrap-heapAlternative spelling of scrapheap: A pile in which junk is discarded.
- ash heap of historySynonym of trash heap of history: A notional place where events, people or objects which have been forgotten or have become irrelevant from a historical perspective are placed or recorded.
- heap upTo increase over a period of time; to accumulate.
- heap coals of fire on someone's headTo excite remorse in someone by returning good for evil.
- trash heap of historyA notional place where events, people or objects which have been forgotten or have become irrelevant from a historical perspective are placed or recorded.
- garbage heap of historySynonym of trash heap of history: A notional place where events, people or objects which have been forgotten or have become irrelevant from a historical perspective are placed or recorded.
- at the top of the heapIn the highest strata; at the height of status, success, etc.
- dung heapA mound of animal droppings for agricultural use.
- heap insult on injurySynonym of add insult to injury: To further a loss with mockery or indignity; to worsen an already unfavorable situation.
- it takes a heap of living to make a house a homeA house is simply a physical structure and does not count as a home until significant events in the inhabitants' lives have occurred there over a substantial period of time, and they have developed an emotional bond to the house and its …
- ash-heap-cakeA cake baked on the hearth under hot wood embers.
- ash-heap-cakesplural of ash-heap-cake: A cake baked on the hearth under hot wood embers.
- dust heap of historySynonym of trash heap of history: A notional place where events, people or objects which have been forgotten or have become irrelevant from a historical perspective are placed or recorded.
- it takes a heap o' livin' to make a house a homeAlternative form of it takes a heap of living to make a house a home: A house is simply a physical structure and does not count as a home until significant events in the inhabitants' lives have occurred there over a substantial period of …
Compound words 37
- scrapheapA pile in which junk is discarded.
- heapsortA sorting algorithm based on the heap data structure.
- heapfulEnough to form a heap; a large number or amount of something.
- aheapIn a heap; huddled together.
- dustheapA pile of rubbish.
- HeapsterA fan of English musician Imogen Heap (b. 1977).
- minheapA heap data structure with a "greater than or equal to" comparison function.
- mudheapA heap of mud; by extension, any pile of metaphorical detritus
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- heapabilityThe condition of being heapable.