noun
- a large pile of straw, hay, etc., esp. one neatly arranged, as in a conical form, for outdoor storage
- any somewhat orderly pile or heap, as of boxes, books, poker chips, etc.
- a number of arms, esp. three rifles, leaning against one another on end so as to form a pyramid
- Brit. a unit of measure for firewood or coal, equal to 108 cubic feet
- a number of chimney flues or pipes arranged together
- smokestack
- ☆
- an extensive series of bookshelves
- the main area where books are shelved in a library
- the part of a computer memory used to store data temporarily: retrieval of data from it is in reverse order to its storage
- the data so stored
- Informal a large number or amount
Origin:
ME stac < ON stakkr, akin to MLowG stack, barrier of slanting stakes: for IE base see stick