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stack  (stk)

n.

1. A large, usually conical pile of straw or fodder arranged for outdoor storage.

2. An orderly pile, especially one arranged in layers. See Synonyms at heap.

3. Computer Science A section of memory and its associated registers used for temporary storage of information in which the item most recently stored is the first to be retrieved.

4. A group of three rifles supporting each other, butt downward and forming a cone.

5.

a. A chimney or flue.

b. A group of chimneys arranged together.

6. A vertical exhaust pipe, as on a ship or locomotive.

7. An extensive arrangement of bookshelves. Often used in the plural.

8. stacks The area of a library in which most of the books are shelved.

9. A stackup.

10. An English measure of coal or cut wood, equal to 108 cubic feet (3.06 cubic meters).

11. Informal A large quantity: a stack of work to do.

v. stacked, stack·ing, stacks

v.tr.

1. To arrange in a stack; pile.

2. To load or cover with stacks or piles: stacked the dishwasher.

3.

a. Games To prearrange the order of (a deck of cards) so as to increase the chance of winning.

b. To prearrange or fix unfairly so as to favor a particular outcome: tried to stack the jury.

4. To direct (aircraft) to circle at different altitudes while waiting to land.

v.intr.

To form a stack.

Phrasal Verb:

stack up Informal

1. To measure up or equal: Their gift doesn't stack up against his.

2. To make sense; add up: Her report just doesn't stack up.

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[Middle English stac, from Old Norse stakkr.]

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stacka·ble adj.

stacker n.

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stack

Noun

1. a pile of things, one on top of the other

2. a large neat pile of hay or straw

3. stacks a large amount: there's still stacks for us to do

4. same as chimney stack or smokestack

5. an area in a computer memory for temporary storage

Verb

1. to place (things) in a stack

2. to load or fill (something) up with piles of objects: Henry was watching her stack the dishwasher

3. to control (a number of aircraft) waiting to land at an airport so that each flies at a different altitude [Old Norse stakkr haystack]

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stack  (stk)

An isolated, columnar mass or island of rock along a coastal cliff. Stacks are formed by the erosion of cliffs through wave action and are larger than chimneys.

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Stack a large quantity; a group or set; an orderly pile or heap; bookstacks collectively; a unit of measure for coal or fuel (4 cubic yards).

Examples: stack of arms; of beans, 1795; of Bibles; of billets; of bills; of books; of buildings, 1698; of conventions, 1896; of cornmills, 1772; of salt fish, 1596; of letters; of money, 1894; of statutes, 1581; of wood, 1460.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	stack - an orderly pile                       cumulation, heap, pile, agglomerate, cumulus, mound - a collection of objects laid on top of each other hayrick, haystack, rick - a stack of hay
	2.	stack - (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" good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, muckle, passel, peck, mickle, mint, quite a little, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad, raft, mountain, pile, plenty, mass, batch, heap, deal, flock, pot, mess, sight large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude deluge, flood, inundation, torrent - an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" haymow - a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation
	3.	stack - a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO) push-down list, push-down stack list, listing - a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
	4.	stack - a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated smokestack chimney - a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building funnel - (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship)
	5.	stack - a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO) push-down storage, push-down store memory device, storage device - a device that preserves information for retrieval
Verb	1.	stack - load or cover with stacks; "stack a truck with boxes" load, load up, lade, laden - fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay" salt away, stack away, stash away, store, hive away, lay in, put in - keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"
	2.	stack - arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves" pile, heap arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" rick - pile in ricks; "rick hay" cord - stack in cords; "cord firewood" heap up, stack up, pile up - arrange into piles or stacks; "She piled up her books in my living room"
	3.	stack - arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances; "stack the deck of cards" arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

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stack

noun 1. pile, heap, mountain, mass, load, cock, rick, clamp Brit. Agriculture mound

noun 2. lot, mass, load (informal) ton (informal) heap (informal) large quantity, great amount

verb 3. pile, heap up, load, assemble, accumulate, amass, stockpile, bank up

Translations

stack [stæk] n → montón m; pila;

(col) → mar f

vt → amontonar, apilar;

there's stacks of time to finish it → hay cantidad de tiempo para acabarlo

stack [stæk] n → tas m, pile f

vt → empiler, entasser;

there's stacks of time (Brit) (inf) → on a tout le temps

stack [stæk] n → Stapel m;

(of books etc) → Stoß m

vt (also: stack up) → aufstapeln;

stacks of time (Brit) (inf) → jede Menge Zeit;

to stack with → vollstapeln mit

stack [stæk] n → catasta, pila;

(col) → mucchio, sacco

vt → accatastare, ammucchiare;

there's stacks of time to finish it (BRIT ) (col) → abbiamo un sacco di tempo per finirlo

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stack

n stack [stӕk]

1 a large, usually neatly shaped, pile eg of hay, straw, wood etc a haystack.stapelكَوْمَه مُرَتَّبَهкупа сеноstoh; hranicestak; -stak; stabel; -stabelder Stapelθημωνιάkuhi, riitدستهpino, suovameuleעֲרֵימָהसजा कर रखा हुआstog, plastkazaltimbunanstakkur; sátapila, catasta積重ね(건초) 더미, 낟가리krūva, kaugė, stirtakaudze; grēda; stirpatimbunanmijtstabel; hesje; bunke; haugstospilhastog; căpiţăстог; скирдаstohkopicagomilastack, trave, stapel, högกองที่ซ้อนกันอย่างเป็นระเบียบyığın, küme(草)垛стіг, скиртаگھاس بھوسے کا ڈھیرcụm, chùm, đống（草）垛

2 a set of shelves for books eg in a library. rakمَجْموعَة رُفوفлавициregálreoldas Regalράφια βιβλίωνraamaturiiulidقفسهhyllytrayon(nage)כּוֹנָנִיתरैकred, skladište knjigapolcrendszerrak bukuhillusamstæðascaffalatura書架(도서관의) 서가, 책꽂이lentynosstelāža; plauktu rindarak bukuboekenrekreol, bokmagasinregałestanteraf­turiстеллажpolicapoliceskladištebokhyllorชั้นหนังสือraf書架стелаж; книгосховищеلاءبریری میں کتابوں کی الماریاںgiá sách, kho sách书架

v

to arrange in a large, usually neat, pile Stack the books up against the wall.stapelيُنَضِّد، يُكَدِّسнареждам(na)rovnatstablestapelnστοιβάζωriita ladumaدسته كردنpinotaempilerלְעֵרוֹםगड्डियों में लगाना, ढेर लगानाplastiti, složiti u hrpuhalomba rakmenyusunstaflaaccatastare積み重ねる...을 쌓아 올리다sukrauti (į krūvą)kraut/likt kaudzē; grēdā; stirpāmenyusunopstapelenstable, hesje, legge i bunkeukładać (w stos)empilhara stivuiскладывать в стопку(na)ukladaťzložiti na kupnaslagatistaplaวางตั้งซ้อนกันyığmak, istif etmek堆放складати в стіг, купуانبار لگاناchất thành đống堆放