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Definition of Stack
1. Verb. Load or cover with stacks. "They stack the books into the box"; "Stack a truck with boxes"
2. Noun. An orderly pile.
Specialized synonyms: Hayrick, Haystack, Rick
3. Verb. Arrange in stacks. "They stack their rifles on the cabinet"; "Stack your books up on the shelves"
Generic synonyms: Arrange, Set Up
Specialized synonyms: Rick, Cord
Derivative terms: Heap, Pile, Stacker
Also: Heap Up, Pile Up, Stack Up
4. Noun. (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent. "A wad of money"
Generic synonyms: Large Indefinite Amount, Large Indefinite Quantity
Specialized synonyms: Deluge, Flood, Inundation, Torrent, Haymow
Derivative terms: Heap, Heap, Pile, Plenteous, Wad
5. Verb. Arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances. "Stack the deck of cards"
6. Noun. A list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO).
7. Noun. A large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated.
8. Noun. A storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO).
Definition of Stack
1. a. A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch.
2. v. t. To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood.
Definition of Stack
1. Noun. A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch. ¹
2. Noun. A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last. ¹
3. Noun. A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity. ¹
4. Noun. A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (~3 m³) ¹
5. Noun. A smokestack. ¹
6. Noun. (computing) A linear data structure in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved; a LIFO queue. ¹
7. Noun. (computing) A portion of computer memory occupied by a '''stack''' data structure, particularly ('''the stack''') that portion of main memory manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions. ¹
8. Noun. (geology) A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea. ¹
9. Noun. (context: library) Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books. ¹
10. Noun. (figuratively) A large amount of an object. ¹
11. Noun. (military) A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape. ¹
12. Noun. (poker) The amount of money a player has on the table. ¹
13. Noun. (architecture) A vertical drain pipe. ¹
14. Noun. (Australia) (slang) A fall or crash, a prang. ¹
15. Verb. (transitive) To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack. ¹
16. Verb. (transitive) (card games) To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner. ¹
17. Verb. (transitive) (poker) To take all the money another player currently has on the table. ¹
18. Verb. (transitive) To deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.). ¹
19. Verb. (transitive) (Australia) (slang) To fall or crash. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stack
1. to pile [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: pile
Medical Definition of Stack
1. 1. A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch. "But corn was housed, and beans were in the stack." (Cowper) 2. A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity. "Against every pillar was a stack of billets above a man's height." (Bacon) 3. A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. 4. A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. Hence: Any single insulated and prominent structure, or upright pipe, which affords a conduit for smoke; as, the brick smokestack of a factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel. Stack of arms, a number of muskets or rifles set up together, with the bayonets crossing one another, forming a sort of conical self-supporting pile. Origin: Icel. Stakkr; akin to Sw. Stack, Dan. Stak. Sf. Stake. To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood. To stack arms, to set up a number of muskets or rifles together, with the bayonets crossing one another, and forming a sort of conical pile. Origin: Cf. Sw. Stacka, Dan. Stakke. See Stack. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stack
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