adjective
- forming a heap or pile; piled high above the rim or edge of a container
Usage: used especially with measurements
Examples
- Add two heaping tablespoons of flour to the mixture.
- She served me a heaping bowl of ice cream.
- The recipe calls for a heaping cup of chocolate chips.
- He piled heaping spoonfuls of mashed potatoes on his plate.
- The baker used heaping measures of sugar in the cake batter.
- Mom gave us heaping portions of her famous apple pie.