stack has definitions from the field of computer science
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[ verb ] load or cover with stacks

Examples

"stack a truck with boxes"

Used in print

(Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)

The enormous plates which had held Mr._Jack 's four fried_eggs and five strips of bacon were still stacked in the sink .

Winston stacked Miss_Ada 's thin pink dishes in the sink .

Related terms

load store

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[ noun ] an orderly pile

Used in print

(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)

Rummaging through a stack of drawers nearby , you unearthed an antique French chess_set in ivory and sandalwood , which , along with two box_Kodaks , you added to your haul .

Related terms

pile haystack

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[ verb ] arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances

Synonyms

stagger distribute

Examples

"stack the deck of cards"

Used in print

(James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)

The **f layers are stacked normal to the [ 111 ] axis with the lower oxygens of one layer directly above the upper oxygens of the neighboring lower layer , in such a manner that the repeat is every three layers .

Related terms

arrange

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 3474
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[ noun ] (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

Examples

: "a batch of letters" "a deal of trouble" "a lot of money" "he made a mint on the stock market" "it must have cost plenty"

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[ noun ] a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated

Synonyms

smokestack

Related terms

chimney funnel

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[ verb ] arrange in stacks

Synonyms

pile heap

Examples

"heap firewood around the fireplace" "stack your books up on the shelves"

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[ noun ] (computer science) a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)

Related terms

list

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[ noun ] (computer science) a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)

Related terms

memory_device

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