stack (n.)

  1. an orderly pile

  2. (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 , tidy sum , wad ]

  3. a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)

    [ Syn: push-down list , push-down stack ]

  4. a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated

    [ Syn: smokestack ]

  5. 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 (v.)

  1. load or cover with stacks; stack a truck with boxes'

  2. arrange in stacks; heap firewood around the fireplace; stack your books up on the shelves

    [ Syn: pile , heap ]

  3. arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances; stack the deck of cards'

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