heap

noun24 collocationsAvg. frequency: 6.5
big heap8.0
large heap7.9
great heap7.8
small heap7.2
little heap7.0
compost heap6.8

a pile of decaying organic matter used as fertilizer

rubbish heap6.5

a pile of waste material

trash heap6.4

a pile of waste material

scrap heap6.0

a pile of discarded metal or other materials

crumpled heap5.5

often used to describe clothes or a person who has fallen

manure heap4.5

a pile of animal waste used as fertilizer

slag heap4.0

a hill made of waste material from a mine

spoil heap3.5

a hill of waste earth or rock removed from a mine or quarry

ash heap3.0

usually figurative, as in 'the ash heap of history'

the top of the heap5.1

figurative, referring to the highest social or economic position

the bottom of the heap5.0

figurative, referring to the lowest social or economic position

heap of9.0

used to specify what the heap is made of

in a/the heap8.5

indicates the state of being in a pile

on a/the heap7.5

indicates location on top of a pile

onto a/the heap6.8

indicates movement to the top of a pile

be piled in a heap6.9
collapse in a heap5.8

figurative, referring to a person falling down suddenly

fall in a heap5.4

figurative, referring to a person falling down suddenly

fall down in a heap5.2

figurative, referring to a person falling down suddenly

Collocations with "heap"