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English noun: stack | |||
| 1. | stack (group) an orderly pile | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, heap, mound, pile | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | hayrick, haystack, rick | ||
| 2. | stack (quantity) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | ||
| Samples | A batch of letters. A deal of trouble. A lot of money. He made a mint on the stock market. See the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos. It must have cost plenty. A slew of journalists. A wad of money. | ||
| Synonyms | batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | deluge, flood, haymow, inundation, torrent | ||
| 3. | stack (communication) a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO) | ||
| Synonyms | push-down list, push-down stack | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | list, listing | ||
| 4. | stack (artifact) a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated | ||
| Synonyms | smokestack | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | chimney | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | funnel | ||
| 5. | stack (artifact) a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO) | ||
| Synonyms | push-down storage, push-down store | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | memory device, storage device | ||
English verb: stack | |||
| 1. | stack (contact) load or cover with stacks | ||
| Samples | Stack a truck with boxes. | ||
| Examples | They stack the cart with boxes , They stack the books into the box | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something with something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lade, laden, load, load up | ||
| 2. | stack (contact) arrange in stacks | ||
| Samples | Heap firewood around the fireplace. Stack your books up on the shelves. | ||
| Examples | They stack their rifles on the cabinet | ||
| Synonyms | heap, pile | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arrange, set up | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cord, rick | ||
| 3. | stack (contact) arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances | ||
| Samples | Stack the deck of cards. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arrange, set up | ||
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