HEAPS
/hiːps/
10
Scrabble
10
WWF
H(4) E(1) A(1) P(3) S(1)
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Definition
/hiːps/
noun
- 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 heap of earth or stones”
- 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.“You should move these structures from the stack to the heap to avoid a potential stack overflow.”
verb
- To pile in a heap.“He heaped the laundry upon the bed and began folding.”
- To form or round into a heap, as in measuring.
- To supply in great quantity.“They heaped praise upon their newest hero.”
adverb
- Very much, a lot“I love him heaps.”
Source: Wiktionary
Hooks
Front hooks: C-HEAPS
