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Plural of heap

regular plural

The plural of heap is heaps.

Forms of heap

Singularheap /hiːp/
Pluralheaps /hiːps/
Countablecountable

Heaps in a sentence

  • Where this has proved impossible, we've outsourced the process using barrels, jars, comost heaps and industrial fermenters.2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 205. From the entry fermenter
  • Consider the following: mína 'eye', mínalbili 'two eyes', mínarri 'eyes' and mínailyarranha 'heaps of eyes'.2020, Ghil‘ad Zuckermann, “Talknology in the Service of the Barngarla Language Reclamation”, in Revivalistics: From the Genesis of Israeli…. From the entry superplural
  • He stole heaps of cosmetics, bottles of vodka, and even a Halloween pump-kin once.2017, Charles St. Anthony, Impossibly Glamorous: How a Misfit from Kansas Became an Asian Sensation, Impossibly Glamorous Studios. From the entry Jack Sparrow
  • But it was only the noise of the black steam-engine coming in from the heaps.2014, Edward Carey, Foulsham (Iremonger; 2), Hot Key Books, →ISBN, page 23. From the entry steam-engine
  • The floor was uncemented, and heaps of dust rose in the air anytime a customer walked in.2006, Mohammed Naseehu Ali, “Mallam Sile”, in The Prophet of Zongo Street, Harper Collins, pages 149–50. From the entry uncemented

Meaning of heap

  1. noun A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
  2. noun A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
  3. noun A great number or large quantity of things.

Full definition of heap

Questions about the plural of heap

What is the plural of heap?
The plural of heap is heaps.
Is heap countable?
Heap is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heap (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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