stack

stack
noun
1》 a pile, especially a neat one.
    ↘a rectangular or cylindrical pile of hay, straw, etc.
    ↘a vertical arrangement of hi-fi or guitar amplification equipment.
    ↘a pyramidal group of rifles.
2》 informal a large quantity of something.
3》 a chimney or vertical exhaust pipe.
4》 a number of aircraft flying in circles at different altitudes around the same point while waiting to land at an airport.
5》 (also sea stack) Brit. a column of rock standing in the sea.
6》 (the stacks) units of shelving in part of a library normally closed to the public.
7》 Computing a set of storage locations from which the most recently stored item is the first to be retrieved.
8》 Brit. a measure for a pile of wood of 108 cu. ft (3.06 cubic metres).
verb
1》 arrange in a stack.
    ↘fill or cover with stacks of things.
2》 shuffle or arrange (a pack of cards) dishonestly.
    ↘(be stacked against/in favour of) (of a situation) be overwhelmingly likely to produce an unfavourable or favourable outcome for.
3》 cause (an aircraft) to fly in a stack.
4》 (stack up) N. Amer. informal measure up; compare.
5》 (in snowboarding) fall over.
Derivatives
stackable adjective
stacker noun
Origin
ME: from ON stakkr 'haystack', of Gmc origin.

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