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stack

/stæk/noun, verb1 syllable

Stack means: (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent.

Synonyms for stack43

noun, as in (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent

batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle
and 12 more, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad

noun, as in a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)

push-down list, push-down stack

noun, as in a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)

push-down storage, push-down store

noun, as in a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated

smokestack

verb, as in arrange in stacks

pile, heap

also used for stack

protocol stack, technology stack, build up, stack up, accumulate, agglomerate, amass, cumulate, heap up, mound, smash, wreck

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What does stack mean?8

noun

1

(often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent“a batch of letters”

2

a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)

3

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

4

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

5

an orderly pile

verb

1

arrange in stacks“heap firewood around the fireplace”

2

load or cover with stacks“stack a truck with boxes”

3

arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances“stack the deck of cards”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with stack?32

two syllables

attack
Show 40 near rhymes
thatashaveatancanhashadthanlastmanambadthankthanksfacthalfhandunderstandyeahclasspastaskactaskedplanchancelandalbankhandsstandtaxfastmatchadddamnperhapsstaffbegan

All 32 rhymes for stack, grouped by syllable

Stack in a sentence

  • It's true that, as the years stack up, you come to see things.terrywallwork
  • Hey, could you send over a stack of manuscripts straight away?sharris123
  • After the guests had finished eating, we began stacking the plates.Aghanim
  • Only one stack had a real bill on top.garynw
  • Rainer inherited a small stack of gold bullion from his grandfather instead of cash.rul
  • There is a big stack of mail on the table.Source_VOA
  • There was a stack of newspapers in the corner of the room.CK
  • Paul was crouching behind a stack of boxes.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of stack

as a noun

plural
stacks

as a verb

past tense
stacked
present participle
stacking
third-person singular
stacks
past participle
stacked