Used attributively before another noun, especially in technical contexts such as 'heap memory' or 'heap leaching'.
Definitionen
Relating to or forming a heap; pertaining to heap structures or processes (attributive). The engineers investigated a heap overflow vulnerability in the legacy code.
Chiefly dialectal, meaning 'very' or 'to a great extent'.
Definitionen
(Chiefly dialectal) Very; to a great extent; much. They were heap proud of their newly painted barn.