'Stack' definitions:

Definition of 'stack'

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noun
An orderly pile
noun
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad]
noun
A list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO) [syn: push-down list, push-down stack, stack]
noun
A large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated [syn: smokestack, stack]
noun
A storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO) [syn: push-down storage, push-down store, stack]
verb
Load or cover with stacks; "stack a truck with boxes"
verb
Arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves" [syn: stack, pile, heap]
verb
Arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances; "stack the deck of cards"

Definition of 'Stack'

From: GCIDE
  • Stack \Stack\ (st[a^]k), n. [Icel. stakkr; akin to Sw. stack, Dan. stak. Cf. Stake.]
  • 1. A large and to some degree orderly 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. [1913 Webster]
  • But corn was housed, and beans were in the stack. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence: An orderly pile of any type of object, indefinite in quantity; -- used especially of piles of wood. A stack is usually more orderly than a pile [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • Against every pillar was a stack of billets above a man's height. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Specifically: A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Hence: A large quantity; as, a stack of cash. [Informal] [PJC]
  • 5. (Arch.) (a) A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. Hence: (b) 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Computer programming) (a) A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved. (b) A data structure within random-access memory used to simulate a hardware stack; as, a push-down stack. [PJC]
  • 7. pl. The section of a library containing shelves which hold books less frequently requested. [PJC]
  • Stack of arms (Mil.), a number of muskets or rifles set up together, with the bayonets crossing one another, forming a sort of conical self-supporting pile.
  • to blow one's stacks to become very angry and lose one's self-control, and especially to display one's fury by shouting. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Definition of 'Stack'

From: GCIDE
  • Stack \Stack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stacked (st[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Stacking.] [Cf. Sw. stacka, Dan. stakke. See Stack, n.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Specifically: To place in a vertical arrangement so that each item in a pile is resting on top of another item in the pile, except for the bottom item; as, to stack the papers neatly on the desk; to stack the bricks. [PJC]
  • 3. To select or arrange dishonestly so as to achieve an unfair advantage; as, to stack a deck of cards; to stack a jury with persons prejudiced against the defendant. [PJC]
  • To stack arms (Mil.), to set up a number of muskets or rifles together, with the bayonets crossing one another, and forming a sort of conical pile. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'stack'

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