Collocations for heap - noun
ADJ.
big, great, large | little, small | crumpled, untidy | compost, manure, muck, rubbish, scrap, slag, spoil
colliery spoil heaps
colliery spoil heaps
VERB + HEAP
be piled in
Papers were piled in great heaps on the desk.
Papers were piled in great heaps on the desk.
collapse in, fall (down) in
(both figurative) He collapsed in an exhausted heap on the floor.
(both figurative) He collapsed in an exhausted heap on the floor.
PREP.
in a/the ~
His clothes lay in a crumpled heap on the floor.
His clothes lay in a crumpled heap on the floor.
on/onto a/the ~
Throw the potato peelings on the compost heap.
Throw the potato peelings on the compost heap.
~ of
a great heap of stones
a great heap of stones
PHRASES
the bottom/top of the heap
(figurative) These workers are at the bottom of the economic heap.
(figurative) These workers are at the bottom of the economic heap.