Stack

[stæk]

Definition

(noun.) an orderly pile.

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

(verb.) arrange in stacks; 'heap firewood around the fireplace'; 'stack your books up on the shelves'.

(verb.) load or cover with stacks; 'stack a truck with boxes'.

Editor: Nell--From WordNet

Definition

(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.) A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.

(a.) A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet.

(a.) A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. Hence:

(a.) 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.) A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved.

(a.) A data structure within random-access memory used to simulate a hardware stack; as, a push-down 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.

Typist: Sharif

Definition

n. a large pile of bay corn wood &c.: a number of chimneys standing together: a pyramid formed by a number of muskets with fixed bayonets interlocked and the stocks spread widely apart.—v.t. to pile into a stack: to make up cards for cheating.—ns. Stack′-stand a frame of wood iron or stone supported on short props for building a stack upon; Stack′yard a yard for stacks.

Edited by Kathleen

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