stack Meaning & Definition
What Does Stack Mean?
Stack is used as a noun meaning A pile. A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch. A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last. It can also mean A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch. As a verb, it means To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack. As a verb, it means To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner.
Stack in Brief
| Part of speech | noun, verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | //stæk// |
| Syllables | 1 |
| Synonyms | slew, stagger and spate |
| Plural | stacks |
| Verb forms | stacks, stacking, stacked |
Stack Definition (Noun)
- A pile.
A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.
A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last.
Please bring me a chair from that stack in the corner.
- A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.
- A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last.
Please bring me a chair from that stack in the corner.
- A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
- A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (~3 m³)
- An extensive collection
- A smokestack.
- In computing.
A linear data structure in which items inserted are removed in reverse order (the last item inserted is the first one to be removed).
A TCP/IP stack is a library or set of libraries or of OS drivers that take care of networking.
- A linear data structure in which items inserted are removed in reverse order (the last item inserted is the first one to be removed).
- A stack data structure stored in main memory that is manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions.
- An implementation of a protocol suite (set of protocols forming a layered architecture).
A TCP/IP stack is a library or set of libraries or of OS drivers that take care of networking.
- A combination of interdependent, yet individually replaceable, software components or technologies used together on a system.
- A generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.
- A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.
- Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
- A large amount of an object.
They paid him a stack of money to keep quiet.
- A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.
- The amount of money a player has on the table.
- In architecture. A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. A vertical drainpipe.
- A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof.
- A vertical drainpipe.
- A fall or crash, a prang.
- A blend of various dietary supplements or anabolic steroids with supposed synergistic benefits.
- A holding pattern, with aircraft circling one above the other as they wait to land.
- The quantity of a given item which fills up an inventory slot or bag.
I've got 107 Golden Branches, but the stack size is 20 so they're taking up 6 spaces in my inventory.
Stack as a Verb
- To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.
Please stack those chairs in the corner.
- To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner, especially for cheating.
This is the third hand in a row where you've drawn four of a kind. Someone is stacking the deck!
- To arrange or fix to obtain an advantage; to deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).
to be stacked against (someone)
- To take all the money another player currently has on the table.
I won Jill's last $100 this hand; I stacked her!
- To crash; to fall.
Jim couldn't make it today as he stacked his car on the weekend.
- To operate cumulatively.
A magical widget will double your mojo. And yes, they do stack: if you manage to get two magical widgets, your mojo will be quadrupled. With three, it will be octupled, and so forth.
- To place (aircraft) into a holding pattern.
- To collect precious metal in the form of various small objects such as coins and bars.
- To have excessive ink transfer.
Noun
- (heading) A pile.
- (heading) In computing.
- (library) Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
- (heading) In architecture.
Verb
- To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner.
This is the third hand in a row where you've drawn four of a kind. Someone is stacking the deck!
- To deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).
The Government was accused of stacking the parliamentary committee.
Synonyms of Stack
Antonyms of Stack
No antonyms or near antonyms are listed by the available sources for this entry.
Stack in a Sentence
Please bring me a chair from that stack in the corner.
A TCP/IP stack is a library or set of libraries or of OS drivers that take care of networking.
They paid him a stack of money to keep quiet.
I've got 107 Golden Branches, but the stack size is 20 so they're taking up 6 spaces in my inventory.
Please stack those chairs in the corner.
This is the third hand in a row where you've drawn four of a kind. Someone is stacking the deck!
to be stacked against (someone)
The Government was accused of stacking the parliamentary committee.
I won Jill's last $100 this hand; I stacked her!
Jim couldn't make it today as he stacked his car on the weekend.
A magical widget will double your mojo. And yes, they do stack: if you manage to get two magical widgets, your mojo will be quadrupled. With three, it will be octupled, and so forth.
Jim couldn′t make it today as he stacked his car on the weekend.
Word Forms & Grammar
stack (plural stacks)
stack (third-person singular simple present stacks, present participle stacking, simple past and past participle stacked)
Words That Rhyme With Stack
Origin of Stack
Origin 1: From Middle English stack, stacke, stakke, stak, from Old Norse stakkr (“a barn; haystack; heap; pile”), from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz (“a barn; rick; haystack”).
Origin 2: The data structure sense is a calque of Dutch stapel, introduced by Edsger W. Dijkstra. Cognate with Icelandic stakkur (“stack”), Swedish stack (“stack”), Danish stak (“stack”), Norwegian stakk (“stack”). Related to stake and sauna.
How to Pronounce Stack
You say stack as //stæk//. It has 1 syllable.
Quick Answers About Stack
Is stack a noun or a verb?
Stack is mainly used as a noun, but it can also be used as a verb.
What is another word for stack?
Close synonyms of stack are slew, stagger and spate. See the full list of stack synonyms and antonyms.
What is the plural of stack?
The plural of stack is stacks.
What is the past tense of stack?
The past tense of stack is stacked. The present participle is stacking.