stack
1. an orderly pile (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus
• Hyponyms:
haystack, hayrick, rick
2. a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
• Syn:
push-down storage, push-down store
• Hypernyms:
memory device, storage device
3. a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
• Syn:
push-down list, push-down stack
• Hypernyms:
list, listing
4. a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
• Syn:
smokestack
• Hypernyms:
chimney
• Hyponyms:
funnel
5. (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent
- a batch of letters
- a deal of trouble
- a lot of money
- he made a mint on the stock market
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
- it must have cost plenty
- a slew of journalists
- a wad of money
• Syn:
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
• Derivationally related forms:
wad (for: wad), plenteous (for: plenty), pile (for: pile), heap (for: heap)
• Hypernyms:
large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
• Hyponyms:
flood, inundation, deluge, torrent, haymow
1. load or cover with stacks (Freq. 2)
- stack a truck with boxes
• See Also:
stack away
• Derivationally related forms:
stacker
• Hypernyms:
load, lade, laden, load up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something with something
- They stack the cart with boxes
- They stack the books into the box
2. arrange in stacks
- heap firewood around the fireplace
- stack your books up on the shelves
• Syn:
pile, heap
• See Also:
heap up (for: heap), pile up (for: pile), stack up
• Derivationally related forms:
heap (for: heap), pile (for: pile), stacker
• Hypernyms:
arrange, set up
• Hyponyms:
rick, cord
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
- They stack their rifles on the cabinet
3. arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances
- stack the deck of cards
• Hypernyms:
arrange, set up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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