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stack
[ stak ]
noun
- a more or less orderly pile or heap:
a precariously balanced stack of books;
a neat stack of papers.
- a large, usually conical, circular, or rectangular pile of hay, straw, or the like (often used in combination):
There was a strawstack in the corner of the field that the children liked to climb.
- Informal. a large quantity or number:
We've got a stack of great ideas for new projects, so I'm feeling optimistic about work.
There are stacks of family fun to be had at our newly renovated amusement park.
- Often stacks. a set of shelves for books or other materials ranged compactly one above the other, as in a library.
- stacks, the area or part of a library in which the books and other holdings are stored or kept.
- Computers.
- a data structure programmed to consist of elements added one at a time and only removable one at a time in order of recency.
- a data set or list arranged in this way, so that the last item stored is the first item retrieved or removed.
- memory dedicated to temporary storage of data arranged this way.
- a number of chimneys or flues grouped together.
- a vertical duct for conveying warm air from a leader to a register on an upper story of a building.
- a vertical waste pipe or vent pipe serving a number of floors.
- Slang. a large quantity of money, especially one thousand dollars:
He spent two stacks on those jeans.
A high-quality computer may cost a stack, but it'll last you longer than a cheap one.
- Radio. an antenna consisting of a number of components connected in a substantially vertical series.
- Military. a conical, free-standing group of three rifles placed on their butts and hooked together near the top of the barrel with an attached swivel.
- Also called air stack, Aviation. a group of airplanes circling over an airport awaiting their turns to land.
- an English measure for coal and wood, equal to 108 cubic feet (3 cu. m).
- Geology. a column of rock isolated from a shore by the action of waves.
- Games.
- a given quantity of chips that can be bought at one time, as in poker or other gambling games.
- the quantity of chips held by a player at a given point in a gambling game.
verb (used with object)
- to pile, arrange, or place in a more or less orderly heap:
I spent all yesterday loading and stacking hay bales by hand.
She stacked her papers and put away her tools, then got ready to leave.
- to cover or load with something in stacks or piles:
We stacked the car with luggage and headed out on our road trip.
- to arrange or select unfairly in order to force a desired result, especially to load (a jury, committee, etc.) with members having a biased viewpoint:
The lawyer charged that the jury had been stacked against his client.
- to keep (a number of incoming airplanes) flying nearly circular patterns at various altitudes over an airport where crowded runways, a low ceiling, or other temporary conditions prevent immediate landings.
verb (used without object)
- to be arranged in or form a stack:
These chairs stack easily.
verb phrase
- Informal. to compare; measure up (often followed by against ):
How does the movie stack up against the novel?
- Informal. to appear plausible or in keeping with the known facts:
Your story just doesn't stack up.
- Aviation. to control the flight patterns of (airplanes waiting to land at an airport) so that each circles at a designated altitude.
stack
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noun
- an ordered pile or heap
- a large orderly pile of hay, straw, etc, for storage in the open air
- often plural library science compactly spaced bookshelves, used to house collections of books in an area usually prohibited to library users
- a number of aircraft circling an airport at different altitudes, awaiting their signal to land
- a large amount
a stack of work
- military a pile of rifles or muskets in the shape of a cone
- a measure of coal or wood equal to 108 cubic feet
- a vertical pipe, such as the funnel of a ship or the soil pipe attached to the side of a building
- a high column of rock, esp one isolated from the mainland by the erosive action of the sea
- an area in a computer memory for temporary storage
verb
- to place in a stack; pile
to stack bricks on a lorry
- to load or fill up with piles of something
to stack a lorry with bricks
- to control (a number of aircraft waiting to land at an airport) so that each flies at a different altitude
- stack the cardsto prearrange the order of a pack of cards secretly so that the deal will benefit someone
stack
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- 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.
Derived Forms
- ˲õ³Ù²¹³Š°ì²¹²ú±ô±ð, adjective
- ˲õ³Ù²¹³Š°ì±ð°ù, noun
Other yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ³Ù²¹³Š°ì·±ð°ù noun
- ²õ³Ù²¹³Š°ì·±ô±ð²õ²õ adjective
- °ù±ð·²õ³Ù²¹³Š°ì verb (used with object)
- ³Ü²Ô·²õ³Ù²¹³Š°ì adjective verb
yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of stack1
yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of stack1
Idioms and Phrases
- blow one's stack, Slang. to lose one's temper or become uncontrollably angry, especially to display one's fury, as by shouting:
When he came in and saw the mess he blew his stack.
- stack the deck,
- to arrange cards or a pack of cards so as to cheat:
He stacked the deck and won every hand.
- to manipulate events, information, etc., especially unethically, in order to achieve an advantage or desired result:
Most players in the sport are amateurs, so having a professionally trained team member could really stack the deck in their favor.
More idioms and phrases containing stack
- blow one's top (stack)
- cards are stacked
- needle in a haystack
- swear on a stack of bibles
Example Sentences
A stack of fliers accusing opposition leaders of being pro-North Korean forces were found near him.
Armed with a stack of handmade business cards, I went door to door in our suburban Chicago cul-de-sac, pitching the neighbors: âWould you like fresh-baked cookies delivered to your doorstep every Saturday morning?â
Her cart was stacked with household items, snacks for her sons, fruit and two containers of two dozen eggs â a steal these days at under $10 each.
"I don't think the new tariffs are necessarily aimed at China. But when the United States stacks tariffs on top of each other, specifically towards China, the numbers become eye-watering quite quickly."
It also uses stacked categories and double counting.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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