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Pronunciation
IPA|/stæk/
rhymes|æk
Noun
en-noun
- A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.
- A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last.
#: Please bring me a chair from that stack in the corner.
- A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
- A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (~3 m³)
- A smokestack.
- computing A linear data structure in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved; a LIFO queue.
- computing A portion of memory in a computer occupied by a stack data structure, particularly (the stack) that portion of main memory manipulated during <!-- execution of --> machine language procedure call related instructions.
- geology Coastal landform. A large vertical column of rock in the sea.
- context|library Compactly spaced bookshelf|bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
- figurative A large amount of an object.
- military A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.
- poker The amount of money a player has on the table.
- architecture A vertical drain pipe.
Translations
trans-top|a pile of identical objects
Croatian: t-|hr|stog|m
Galician: pila f
Portuguese: pilha f
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Spanish: pila f
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trans-top|computing: data structure
Croatian: t-|hr|stog|m
Finnish: pino
Galician: pila f
trans-mid
Portuguese: pilha f
Spanish: pila f
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Verb
en-verb
- To place one or more objects or material in the form of a stack or on an existing stack.
#: Please stack those chairs in the corner.
- card games To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner.
#: This is the third hand in a row you've drawn a four-of-a-kind. Someone is stacking the deck!
- poker To take all the money another player currently has on the table.
#: I won Jill's last $100 this hand; I stacked her!
Translations
trans-top|To place objects or material in the form of a stack
Finnish: pinota
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trans-top|To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner
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Related terms
stackable
stacked
unstack
chimney stack
protocol stack
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