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Stack

Noun

Définitions

1.NounA pile. A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch. A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last.
"Please bring me a chair from that stack in the corner."
2.NounA large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.
3.NounA pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last.
"Please bring me a chair from that stack in the corner."
4.NounA pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
5.NounA pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (~3 m³)
6.NounAn extensive collection
7.NounA smokestack.
8.NounIn computing. A linear data structure in which items inserted are removed in reverse order (the last item inserted is the first one to be removed).
"A TCP/IP stack is a library or set of libraries or of OS drivers that take care of networking."
9.NounA linear data structure in which items inserted are removed in reverse order (the last item inserted is the first one to be removed).
10.NounA stack data structure stored in main memory that is manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions.
11.NounAn implementation of a protocol suite (set of protocols forming a layered architecture).
"A TCP/IP stack is a library or set of libraries or of OS drivers that take care of networking."
12.NounA combination of interdependent, yet individually replaceable, software components or technologies used together on a system.
13.NounA generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.
14.NounA coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.
15.NounCompactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
16.NounA large amount of an object.
"They paid him a stack of money to keep quiet."
17.NounA pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.
18.NounThe amount of money a player has on the table.
19.NounIn architecture. A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. A vertical drainpipe.
20.NounA number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof.
21.NounA vertical drainpipe.
22.NounA fall or crash, a prang.
23.NounA blend of various dietary supplements or anabolic steroids with supposed synergistic benefits.
24.NounA holding pattern, with aircraft circling one above the other as they wait to land.
25.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."
26.VerbTo arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.
"Please stack those chairs in the corner."
27.VerbTo arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner, especially for cheating.
"This is the third hand in a row where you've drawn four of a kind. Someone is stacking the deck!"
28.VerbTo arrange or fix to obtain an advantage; to deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).
"to be stacked against (someone); The Government was accused of stacking the parliamentary committee."
29.VerbTo take all the money another player currently has on the table.
"I won Jill's last $100 this hand; I stacked her!"
30.VerbTo crash; to fall.
"Jim couldn't make it today as he stacked his car on the weekend."
31.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."
32.VerbTo place (aircraft) into a holding pattern.
33.VerbTo collect precious metal in the form of various small objects such as coins and bars.
34.VerbTo have excessive ink transfer.
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