stack meaning

UK /stæk/ US /stæk/ 1 syllable

stack (noun): an orderly pile.

stack has 8 meanings in this dictionary, as noun and verb.

stack as a noun

  1. an orderly pile

    Type of: pile

    Kinds: haystack

  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

    Synonyms: 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

    Type of: large indefinite quantity

    Kinds: flood, haymow

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

    Synonyms: push-down list, push-down stack

    Type of: list

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

    Synonyms: smokestack

    Type of: chimney

    Kinds: funnel

  5. a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)

    Synonyms: push-down storage, push-down store

    Type of: memory device

stack as a verb

  1. load or cover with stacks
    • stack a truck with boxes

    Type of: load

    Related forms: stacker

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

    Synonyms: pile, heap

    Type of: arrange

    Kinds: rick, cord

    Related forms: stacker

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

    Type of: arrange

How to pronounce stack

stack is pronounced /stæk/ in British English and /stæk/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

Words that rhyme with stack

Scrabble score: 11 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with ST · words ending in CK · 5-letter words

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