heaps

heaps
heaps 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]


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