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| stack [ stak ] |
noun (plural stacks) |
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1. heaped pile of things: a pile of things more or less neatly arranged one on top of another
  a stack of chairs
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2. large number: a large number or amount
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She has stacks of money.
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3. large pile of something stored outdoors: a large pile of hay, straw, or grain, often conical in shape, stored outdoors
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4. architecture chimney or chimneys: a tall chimney or group of chimneys arranged together
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5. aviation aircraft waiting to land: a number of aircraft waiting a turn to land at an airport, circling at different heights
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6. geography rocky pillar rising from coastal waters: a steep-sided pillar of rock that has been isolated from nearby cliffs at the shoreline by the erosion of the waves
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7. comput list in computer memory: an area in a computer memory where data can be stored temporarily in a list in which the last item entered is the first one removed. A control program uses a stack to save register information and return addresses temporarily so that it can restore the environment on returning from another procedure to which it has jumped.
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8. arms arrangement of firearms: a group of firearms formed in a pyramid, especially three rifles with their muzzles leaning against each other
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9. construction vertical pipe: a vertical duct or waste pipe
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plural noun stacks |
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book storage in library: an area of a library, usually not open to the public, where books are stored on shelves
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verb (past and past participle stacked, present participle stack·ing, 3rd person present singular stacks) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb put or be in organized pile: to put things one on top of another to form a pile, or be arranged in this way
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2. transitive verb put things on shelf: to arrange objects on a shelf
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3. transitive verb heap something with piles of objects: to load or heap something with large piles of articles or objects
The bins were stacked with bargains.
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4. transitive verb manipulate situation unethically: to arrange something underhandedly to ensure a desired outcome
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5. transitive and intransitive verb aviation fly, or keep aircraft, in stack: to keep aircraft waiting to land at an airport circling at different heights, or be kept in this position
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| [13th century. < Old Norse stakkr< Germanic, "stick, pole"] |
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| stack·a·ble adjective |
| stack·er noun |
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be stacked against somebody to amount to an unfair disadvantage for somebody
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blow your stack to have a sudden angry outburst (slang)
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stack the deck or cards
1. to arrange playing cards in a deck for the purposes of cheating
2. to arrange something dishonestly or unethically so as to gain an unfair advantage
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