how to pronounce heap

/hiːp/

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heap is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of heap in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… managed to buy said said heap for me …”

meaning of heap

Heap means a large quantity of something, especially a large pile of something.

heap frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word heap occurs in english on average 7.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics heap can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that heap can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) transport and travel;