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How to sign: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty";
Similiar / Same: peck, whole slew, whole lot, wad, tidy sum, spate, slew, quite a little, muckle, mint, mickle, lot, hatful, great deal, good deal, batch, plenty, raft, flock, deal
Categories: large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity
Within this category: flood
How to sign: a collection of objects laid on top of each other
Similiar / Same: pile, cumulus, mound
Categories: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
Within this category: compost heap, dunghill, pyre, scrapheap, shock, slagheap, stack, stockpile, woodpile
How to sign: arrange in stacks
"heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves";
See also: heap up, stack up, heap up, stack up, heap up, stack up, pile up, pile up, pile up
