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heap

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/hiːp/
noun 6verb 3adv 1name 1

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(noun.)

ADJ

big, great, large | little, small | crumpled, untidy

compost, manure, muck, rubbish, scrap, slag, spoil

The old rubbish heap behind the factory has finally been cleared away.

VERB + HEAP

be piled in

The dirty laundry was piled in heaps all around the bedroom floor.

collapse in, fall (down) in

After the long hike, she fell down in an exhausted heap on the grass.

PREP

in a/the ~

After the accident, the car was reduced to a twisted heap of metal in the junkyard.

on/onto a/the ~

She piled all the old clothes onto the heap in the corner of her bedroom.

~ of

The gardener found a huge heap of old leaves in the corner of the yard.

PHRASES

the bottom/top of the heap

She worked hard to climb from the bottom of the heap and eventually became a manager.

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