- heaps and heaps
- piles and piles, stacks, mounds, a large amount
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
heaps and heaps
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HEAPS, ABRAHAM ALBERT — (1885–1954), Canadian Labour leader, politician. Heaps was born in Leeds, England and attended school until 13, when he went to work to help support his family. He apprenticed as an upholsterer, and opened his own workshop and managed a large… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
heaps — • There was heaps of time Mary Wesley, 1983 represents the normal colloquial idiom when the word following heaps of is a singular or mass noun (and the same is true of loads of, lots of, masses of, and similar expressions). But when the following … Modern English usage
heaps — n. a large quantity. See {heap}, senses 2 and 3; as, he made heaps of money in the stock market. Syn: tons, dozens, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Heaps' law — In linguistics, Heaps law is an empirical law which describes the portion of a vocabulary which is represented by an instance document (or set of instance documents) consisting of words chosen from the vocabulary. This can be formulated as: V… … Wikipedia
Heaps — This unusual name is of Anglo Saxon origin; it is found chiefly in Lancashire and the northern counties of England, and may be either a locational or a topographical surname. If the former, the name derives from the place called Heap (Bridge),… … Surnames reference
heaps — I noun a large number or amount made lots of new friends she amassed stacks of newspapers • Syn: ↑tons, ↑dozens, ↑lots, ↑piles, ↑scores, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
heaps — noun A large amount. And heaps of objections, all of them involving countless difficulties, are going to face anyone who says either that being is some two things or that it is only one … Wiktionary
AGRICULTURAL LAND-MANAGEMENT METHODS AND IMPLEMENTS IN ANCIENT EREẒ ISRAEL — Ereẓ Israel is a small country with a topographically fragmented territory, each geographical region having a distinctive character of its own. These regions include: the coastal plain, the lowlands, the hilly country, the inland valleys, the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Stanley Heaps — Stanley A Heaps was an English architect responsible for the design of a number of stations on the London Underground system as well as the design of train depots and bus and trolleybus garages for London Transport.WorksIn 1903 Heaps became… … Wikipedia
Abraham Albert Heaps — (December 24 1885 ndash; April 4 1954) was a Canadian politician and labor leader. Born in Leeds, England, Heaps immigrated to Canada in 1911 and worked in Winnipeg as an upholsterer. He was one of the leaders of the Winnipeg General Strike of… … Wikipedia
