- 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
Leave stacking Leave stacking used to define the practice of scheduling leave under FMLA in such a manner that the employee’s leave allowance for two con
Protocol stack Protocol stack is an ordered collection of networking protocols that, taken together, provide end-to-end network communications between a