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stack
  1. (heading) A pile.
    1. A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.
    2. A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last.
    3. (Britain) A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
    4. A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (~3 m³)
    5. An extensive collection
  2. A smokestack.
  3. (heading) In digital computing.
    1. A linear data structure in which the last data item stored is the first retrieved; a LIFO queue.
    2. A portion of computer memory occupied by a stack data structure, particularly (the stack) that portion of main memory manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions.
    3. A standard set of software components commonly used together on a system – for example, the combination of an operating system, web server, database and programming language.
  4. (mathematics) A generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.
  5. (geology) A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.
  6. (library) Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
  7. (figuratively) A large amount of an object.
  8. (military) A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.
  9. (poker) The amount of money a player has on the table.
  10. (heading) In architecture.
    1. A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof.
    2. A vertical drainpipe.
  11. (Australia, slang) A fall or crash, a prang.
  12. (bodybuilding) A blend of various dietary supplements or anabolic steroids with supposed synergistic benefits.
  13. Synonyms:
  14. Examples:
    1. “A stack of reports nearly a foot tall sat on his desk.”
      “Should she head for the airport and blow a stack of cash on a plane ticket, or head for the bus terminal and the first bus out of town?”
      “We appreciate that the smoke from a stack is often carried long distances and is greatly diluted before it comes in contact with anything that it can damage.”
stacking
  1. The act by which something is stacked.
  2. (uncountable) Sport stacking.
  3. (chemistry) A stacked arrangement of often aromatic molecules, adopted due to interatomic interactions.
  4. Making claims for a single incident on multiple insurance policies.
  5. (photography) An image processing technique to reduce noise or add special effects.
  6. (television) A technique for keeping a captive audience by grouping together programs with similar appeal.
stacker
  1. An output bin in a document feeding or punch card machine (contrast with hopper).
  2. A worker who stacks the shelves in a supermarket.
  3. A participant in sport stacking.
  4. Any device allowing items to be stacked.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “Our only pickup truck was used to operate the overshot stacker that piled the hay into stacks.”
      “It does this by moving the material through the stacker frame to an in-line tension stand and double-ended rewind reel.”
      “Transfer manure and load the storage with a tractor-mounted front-end loader, elevator stacker, and solid piston pump.”
stackage
  1. Hay, grain, etc. in stacks; things stacked.
  2. A tax on things stacked.
stackstand
  1. A staging for supporting a stack of hay or grain; a rickstand.
stackable
  1. (computing) A network switch that can be set up to operate with other network switches.
stackyard
  1. A farmyard in which stacks of hay etc. are stored.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I should have left the stackyard earlier, as the rain spoiled the freshly harvested hay stacks left in the farmyard.”
      “We used to build stacks mainly in the stackyard by the farm buildings but occasionally we built some in the field.”
      “Its most recent project was buying the five barns and stackyard at Barton Farm and restoring the West Barn.”
stackroom
  1. A room that houses stacks in a library.
stackstands
  1. plural of stackstand
stackables
  1. plural of stackable
stackrooms
  1. plural of stackroom
stackyards
stackages
  1. plural of stackage
stackings
  1. plural of stacking
stackers
stacks
  1. plural of stack
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “There before me was a color photograph of stacks of money interlaid with gold bars and Treasury Certificates.”
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