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heaping

heaping

2.7
Having a large amount that forms a pile
  • adjective
  • /ˈhipɪŋ/
translation icon : abundante
  • She served a plate with a heaping portion of mashed potatoes for dinner.

Or you could say, oh, the regular news, you know, is, is really hard to get through and you need like a heaping scoop of ice cream on top of it.

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Examples

  • Then you're going to put two heaping spoonfuls.

  • We're going to take about two heaping scoops of just regular raw sugar.

  • Going with a heaping spoonful plop right in the middle and then bam.

  • I do a big heaping scoop of a bone broth, a bone broth powder that's a chocolate or vanilla or a turmeric.

    Dr. Josh Axe

  • They added a heaping pile of colorful sprinkles to the cake.

  • After the rain, we found a heaping mound of wet leaves in the yard.

Synonyms

to mounded
vsheaping
4.2

To make a small rounded pile

stresses a very large quantity rather than just the piled shape

Antonyms

minimal
196 3.3

Very small in amount or degree

sparse
31 5.0

Present in small numbers or amounts

How Much

heaping
2.7
ample
104 3.7
moderate
415 3.3
small
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

heaping positive

Morphology

heaping = heap (transparent) = heap + ing

The adjective is transparently built from the verb 'heap' plus '-ing', expressing the idea of being piled or abundant.

Etymology

The word heaping comes from the simple word heap, which means 'pile' or 'to pile up'. So a heaping spoonful or basket is piled high, a very large amount that makes a small pile.