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stack - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'stack' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Stack [ 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.
- A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
- A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet.
- 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.
- A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved.
- A data structure within random-access memory used to simulate a hardware stack; as, a push-down stack.
2 . Stack [ n.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'stack' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . stack [ n]
Meaning (1):
- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Example in sentence:
  • a batch of letters;
  • a deal of trouble;
  • a lot of money;
  • a slew of journalists;
  • a wad of money;
  • he made a mint on the stock market;
  • it must have cost plenty;
  • see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
2 . stack [ v]
Meaning (2):
- arrange in stacks
Example in sentence:
  • heap firewood around the fireplace;
  • stack your books up on the shelves
Meaning (3):
- load or cover with stacks
Example in sentence:
  • stack a truck with boxes
Meaning (4):
- arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances
Example in sentence:
  • stack the deck of cards