stackable

Variant of stack

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
    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
  5. Informal a large number or amount

Origin: 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

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