NOUN | quantity | stacks, tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings | a large number or amount |
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artifact | stacks | storage space in a library consisting of an extensive arrangement of bookshelves where most of the books are stored |
Sounds | stae'ks | |
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Rhymes | Acts ... Zovirax: 33 rhymes with aeks... |
Meaning | A large number or amount. | |
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Example | "she amassed stacks of newspapers" | |
Synonyms | tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings | |
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, gobs, lote, mogollón, montones, montón, muchos, multitud, pila, runfla, slews, tanda | |
Catalan | apilament, apilotament, castell, cúmul, estiba, feix, gobs, manyoc, muntanya, munt, pila, pilot, quantitat, slews, tou |
Meaning | storage space in a library consisting of an extensive arrangement of bookshelves where most of the books are stored. | |
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Part of | library, depository library | A depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study |
Broader | storage space | The area in any structure that provides space for storage |
Usage of | plural, plural form | The form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
Spanish | estantería de libros | |
Catalan | prestatgeria de llibres |
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