English noun: stacks | |||
1. | stacks (quantity) a large number or amount | ||
Samples | Made lots of new friends. She amassed stacks of newspapers. | ||
Synonyms | dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, tons, wads | ||
Broader (hypernym) | large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity | ||
2. | stacks (artifact) storage space in a library consisting of an extensive arrangement of bookshelves where most of the books are stored | ||
Broader (hypernym) | storage space | ||
Part meronym | depository library, library | ||
Domain usage | plural, plural form | ||