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Stack

noun
/stæk/
Word Frequency: 7.8

Definitions

1.noun(heading) A pile.
2.nounA smokestack.
3.noun(heading) In computing.
4.nounA generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.
5.nounA coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.
6.noun(library) Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
7.nounA large amount of an object.
"They paid him a stack of money to keep quiet."
8.nounA pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.
9.nounThe amount of money a player has on the table.
10.noun(heading) In architecture.
11.nounA fall or crash, a prang.
12.nounA blend of various dietary supplements or anabolic steroids with supposed synergistic benefits.
13.nounA holding pattern, with aircraft circling one above the other as they wait to land.
14.nounThe 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."
15.verbTo arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.
"Please stack those chairs in the corner."
16.verbTo 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!"
17.verbTo take all the money another player currently has on the table.
"I won Jill's last $100 this hand; I stacked her!"
18.verbTo deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).
"The Government was accused of stacking the parliamentary committee."
19.verbTo crash; to fall.
"Jim couldn′t make it today as he stacked his car on the weekend."
20.verbTo 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."
21.verbTo place (aircraft) into a holding pattern.
22.verbTo collect precious metal in the form of various small objects such as coins and bars.

Synonyms

build upstack upgerrymandersmashwreckpothatfulbatchsmokestackspateraftwad

Rhymes With

crackslackblacktrackhackrackbacksetback
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