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
- an orderly pile
Type of: pile
Kinds: haystack
- (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
- 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
- a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
Synonyms: smokestack
Type of: chimney
Kinds: funnel
- 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
- load or cover with stacks
- stack a truck with boxes
Type of: load
Related forms: stacker
- arrange in stacks
- heap firewood around the fireplace
- stack your books up on the shelves
Type of: arrange
Related forms: stacker
- 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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