Definition of
Stack
- (noun, artifact) a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
- (noun, artifact) a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
- (noun, communication) a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
- (noun, group) an orderly pile
- (noun, quantity) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
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 - (verb, contact) arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances
- (verb, contact) arrange in stacks
stack your books up on the shelves - (verb, contact) load or cover with stacks
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Synonyms of Stack
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, push-down list, push-down stack, push-down storage, push-down store, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, smokestack, spate, tidy sum, wad
Alternate forms of Stack
Hyponyms: cord, deluge, flood, funnel, haymow, hayrick, haystack, inundation, rick, torrent
Hypernyms: agglomerate, arrange, chimney, cumulation, cumulus, heap, lade, laden, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity, list, listing, load, load up, memory device, mound, pile, set up, storage device
Origin of the word Stack
- c.1300, "pile, heap, or group of things," from O.N. stakkr "haystack" (cf. Dan. stak, Swed. stack "heap, stack"), from P.Gmc. *stakkoz, from PIE *stognos- (cf. O.C.S. stogu "heap," Rus. stog "haystack," Lith. stokas "pillar"), from base *steg- "pole, stick" (see stake (n.)). Meaning "set of shelves on which books ar… more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
Words that sound like Stack
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