In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
HEAP
bus, jalopy, heap
(noun) a car that is old and unreliable; âthe fenders had fallen off that old busâ
pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus
(noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad
(noun) (often followed by âofâ) a large number or amount or extent; âa batch of lettersâ; âa deal of troubleâ; âa lot of moneyâ; âhe made a mint on the stock marketâ; âsee the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photosâ; âit must have cost plentyâ; âa slew of journalistsâ; âa wad of moneyâ
heap
(verb) fill to overflow; âheap the platter with potatoesâ
stack, pile, heap
(verb) arrange in stacks; âheap firewood around the fireplaceâ; âstack your books up on the shelvesâ
heap
(verb) bestow in large quantities; âHe heaped him with workâ; âShe heaped scorn upon himâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
heap (plural heaps)
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 great number or large quantity of things.
(computing) A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.
(computing) Memory that is dynamically allocated.
(colloquial) A dilapidated place or vehicle.
(colloquial) A lot, a large amount
Synonyms
• See also lot
Hyponyms
• compost heap
Verb
heap (third-person singular simple present heaps, present participle heaping, simple past and past participle heaped)
(transitive) To pile in a heap.
(transitive) To form or round into a heap, as in measuring.
(transitive) To supply in great quantity.
Synonyms
• (pile in a heap): amass, heap up, pile up; see also pile up
Adverb
heap (not comparable)
(representing broken English stereotypically or comically attributed to Native Americans; may be offensive) Very.
Anagrams
• HAPE, HEPA, epha, hep A
Source: Wiktionary
Heap, n. Etym: [OE. heep, heap, heap, multitude, AS. heĂĄp; akin to OS. h, D. hoop, OHG. houf, h, G. haufe, haufen, Sw. hop, Dan. hob., Icel. h troop, flock, Russ. kupa heap, crowd, Lith. kaupas. Cf. Hope, in Forlorn hope.]
1. A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons. [Now Low or Humorous] The wisdom of a heap of learned men. Chaucer. A heap of vassals and slaves. Bacon. He had heaps of friends. W.Black.
2. A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile. [Now Low or Humorous] A vast heap, both of places of scripture and quotations. Bp. Burnet. I have noticed a heap of things in my life. R. L. Stevenson.
3. A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation; as, a heap of earth or stones. Huge heaps of slain around the body rise. Dryden.
Heap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heaped; p. pr. & vb. n. Heaping.] Etym: [AS. heĂĄpian.]
1. To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate;
– usually with up; as, to heap up treasures. Though he heap up silver as the dust. Job. xxvii. 16.
2. To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as, to heap stones; -- often with up; as, to heap up earth; or with on; as, to heap on wood or coal.
3. To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure) more than even full.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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