Stack - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent (syn: batch, deal, flock, heap, lot, mass, mess, mint, mountain, peck, pile, plenty, pot, raft, sight, slew, spate, wad)
- a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
- a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated (syn: smokestack)
- a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
verb
Extra examples
He had arranged the letters in stacks.
She took a magazine from near the top of the stack.
She spent the afternoon splitting and stacking firewood.
She stacked the plates in the cupboard.
He stacked the books on the table.
The other players accused him of stacking the deck.
The books were stacked up in neat piles.
He stacked the table with books.
Things were stacked up against us today.
We've been stacked over the airport for hours.
The assistants price the items and stack them on the shelves.
He went back to stacking the shelves.
The floor was stacked with boxes.
He saw cars stacking up behind him, and pulled off the road to let them pass.
She replied to the accusation with a stack of documents proving her innocence.
Phrasal verbs
Word forms
I/you/we/they: stack
he/she/it: stacks
present participle: stacking
past tense: stacked
past participle: stacked
singular: stack
plural: stacks
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