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Noun trash heap has 1 sense
- garbage heap, junk heap, rubbish heap, scrapheap, trash heap, junk pile, trash pile, refuse heap - an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter
--1 is a kind of dump, garbage dump, trash dump, rubbish dump, wasteyard, waste-yard, dumpsite
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Trash Heap
Definition:
A trash heap refers to a large pile or mound of garbage or waste materials that have been discarded and are left to accumulate in a disorderly manner.
Parts of Speech:
- Noun: The trash heap is getting larger and becoming a health hazard.
Senses:
- Literal Sense:
In its literal sense, a trash heap is a physical area where trash is dumped and left to accumulate.
Example Sentence: The city's landfill has turned into a massive trash heap.
- Metaphorical Sense:
In a metaphorical sense, a trash heap can be used to describe an untidy, disorganized, or chaotic situation or group of things.
Example Sentence: The office was a trash heap with papers strewn all over the floor.
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