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stack
noun
- 1. A large pile.
- Thesaurus: heap, pile, mass, accumulation, mountain.
3. colloq
- A large amount.
- Example: There's stacks to do in this resort
- Form: stacks (sometimes)
4b. The chimneys of a house, factory, etc thought of collectively.
5. In a library: an area of dense bookshelving, often of the concertina type, where books that are not frequently requested are kept, and which is sometimes out-of-bounds to the public.
- Form: the stack
- Form: the stacks
(chiefly N Amer)
7. An exhaust pipe on a truck that sticks up behind the driver's cab, rather than coming out at the back of the vehicle.
- 1. To arrange in a stack or stacks.
- Thesaurus: accumulate, amass, assemble, gather, load, save, stockpile, store.
3. To arrange (circumstances, etc) to favour or disadvantage a particular person.
4. To arrange (aircraft that are waiting to land) into a queue in which each circles the airport at a different altitude.
5. To fill something.
- Example: stacked the fridge with goodies
adj
Phrasal Verb: stack something up
- To pile (things) up on top of each other.
stacked
adj
- 1. Gathered into a pile.
2. Filled or brimming (with a large amount or a large quantity).
3. computing.
- Said of an operation or task: put into a queue of similar tasks to wait until the computer is free to process it.
- Example: a backlog of stacked printing jobs
- Example: The odds were stacked in our favour
- Said of a woman, usually by a man, with approval: endowed with a voluptuous figure, especially in having large breasts.
- Form: well-stacked (also)
