| NOUN | group | stack | an orderly pile |
|---|---|---|---|
| quantity | stack, batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent | |
| communication | stack, push-down list, push-down stack | a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO) | |
| artifact | stack, smokestack | a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated | |
| artifact | stack, push-down storage, push-down store | a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO) | |
| VERB | contact | stack | load or cover with stacks |
| contact | stack, pile, heap | arrange in stacks | |
| contact | stack | arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances |
| Sounds | stae'k | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | aback ... zodiac: 126 rhymes with aek... | |
| Meaning | An orderly pile. | |
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| Narrower | haystack, hayrick, rick | A stack of hay |
| Broader | pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus | A collection of objects laid on top of each other |
| Spanish | montón, pila | |
| Catalan | amuntegament, apilonament, pila | |
| Verbs | stack | arrange in stacks |
| stack | load or cover with stacks | |
| Meaning | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad | |
| Narrower | flood, inundation, deluge, torrent | An overwhelming number or amount |
| haymow | A mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation | |
| Broader | large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount | An indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude |
| Spanish | avalancha, barbaridad, bestialidad, burrada, cantidad, cúmulo, enormidad, fajo, lote, mogollón, montaña, montón, multitud, passel, pila | |
| Catalan | apilament, apilotament, castell, cúmul, estiba, feix, lot, manyoc, muntanya, munt, passel, pila, pilot, quantitat, tou | |
| Meaning | A list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO). | |
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| Synonyms | push-down list, push-down stack | |
| Broader | list, listing | A database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics) |
| Spanish | LIFO, pila | |
| Catalan | LIFO | |
| Meaning | A large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | smokestack | |
| Narrower | funnel | (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship) |
| Broader | chimney | A vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building |
| Spanish | chimenea, humero | |
| Catalan | fumeral, xemeneia | |
| Meaning | A storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO). | |
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| Synonyms | push-down storage, push-down store | |
| Broader | memory device, storage device | A device that preserves information for retrieval |
| Spanish | pila | |
| Meaning | Load or cover with stacks. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something with something | |
| Model | They stack the cart with boxes; They stack the books into the box | |
| Example | "stack a truck with boxes" | |
| Broader | load, lade, laden, load up | Fill or place a load on |
| See also | stack away | keep or lay aside for future use |
| Spanish | amontonar, apilar, hacinar | |
| Catalan | amuntegar, apilar, apilonar | |
| Nouns | stack | an orderly pile |
| stacker | a laborer who builds up a stack or pile | |
| Meaning | Arrange in stacks. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Model | They stack their rifles on the cabinet | |
| Example | "stack your books up on the shelves" | |
| Synonyms | pile, heap | |
| Narrower | cord | stack in cords |
| rick | pile in ricks | |
| Broader | arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order |
| See also | stack up | arrange into piles or stacks |
| Spanish | acumular, amontonar, apilar, hacinar | |
| Catalan | acumular, agarberar, amuntegar, apilar, apilonar | |
| Participle | stacked | arranged in a stack |
| Nouns | stack | an orderly pile |
| stacker | a laborer who builds up a stack or pile | |
| Meaning | arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "stack the deck of cards" | |
| Broader | arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order |
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