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stack Definition

stack (stak)

noun

  1. a large pile of straw, hay, etc., esp. one neatly arranged, as in a conical form, for outdoor storage
  2. any somewhat orderly pile or heap, as of boxes, books, poker chips, etc.
  3. a number of arms, esp. three rifles, leaning against one another on end so as to form a pyramid
  4. Brit. a unit of measure for firewood or coal, equal to 108 cubic feet
    1. a number of chimney flues or pipes arranged together
    2. smokestack
  6. ☆
    1. an extensive series of bookshelves
    2. the main area where books are shelved in a library
    1. the part of a computer memory used to store data temporarily: retrieval of data from it is in reverse order to its storage
    2. the data so stored
  8. Informal a large number or amount

Etymology: ME stac < ON stakkr, akin to MLowG stack, barrier of slanting stakes: for IE base see stick

transitive verb

  1. to pile or arrange in a stack
  2. to load with stacks of something
  3. to assign (aircraft) to various altitudes for circling while awaiting a turn to land
  4. to arrange in advance underhandedly so as to predetermine the outcome to stack a jury

intransitive verb

to form a stack

stack Related Forms
stack′·able adjective stack′er noun
stack Idioms

stack the cards

or stack the deck☆
  1. to arrange the order of playing cards secretly so that certain cards are dealt to certain players
  2. to prearrange circumstances, usually secretly and unfairly

stack up

  1. to add up; accumulate
  2. to stand in comparison (with or against); measure up
stack Synonyms

stack

n.

  1. A heap

    haystack, rick, pile, mass, mound; see also haystack, heap.

  2. A tall chimney

    flue, smokestack, pipe; see chimney.

stack Synonyms

stack

v.

rick, pile, accumulate; see heap 1.

stack Usage Examples

Object

  • pointer: To enter the user mode from the ( power on ) supervisor mode, the user stack pointer is first preset to $ 2000.
  • shelf: Hands up who said stacking shelves or working on a checkout!
  • overflow: It cannot by itself prevent stack overflows on the C stack being used by the application.
  • odd: Against stacked odds, however, one aspect of New Orleans life is being kept alive.
  • decoder: We then describe recent developments to CHRONOS, a time-first stack decoder.
  • deck: Switch trick decks or stacked decks into your performance right under someone's eyes.

Preposition: onto

  • flower: The Mix & Match Activity Garden has colorful rings and garden critters that can be sorted and stacked onto three soft flower stems.

Adjective modifier

  • tall: This coverage was further enhanced by having flown mid/high boxes and tall, narrow bass stacks.
  • straw: In the country districts straw stacks were in many places overturned, Elston and Stoke districts suffered and at Southwell considerable damage was done.
  • closed: Older issues may be in the closed stack and are referred to in the Subscription Summary.

Modifies a noun

  • pointer: Segment registers and the stack pointer will not be passed between modes.
  • ventilation: VENTILATION, PART F Why would passive stack ventilation be especially useful in basement rooms?
  • frame: The stack frame can also be accessed via the frame pointer.

Noun used with modifier

  • chimney: The main tasks are to make repairs to both chimney stacks at the ends of the building.
  • tcp/ip: Its TCP/IP stack supports the BOOTP, DHCP and WINS protocols.
  • brick: Granite and slate rubble stone with brick stacks on left end and center right ridge.
  • basement: For folio books published earlier than 1970 please ask at the Enquiries Desk and they will be fetched for you from the basement stacks.
  • hay: The 70 year old, man, is climbing hay stacks in 1930s gear.
  • protocol: We did not have the capability to implement the protocol stacks of Fig.

Preposition: in

  • favor: Probably, the funding would have been stacked in favor of the yes campaign.
stack Quotes

   While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack or the barn door, Stoutly struts his dames before. 576

—Milton,John