Stack

Definition:

  • (a.) A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch.
  • (a.) A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
  • (a.) A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet.
  • (a.) A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. Hence:
  • (a.) Any single insulated and prominent structure, or upright pipe, which affords a conduit for smoke; as, the brick smokestack of a factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel.
  • (a.) A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved.
  • (a.) A data structure within random-access memory used to simulate a hardware stack; as, a push-down stack.
  • (n.) To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood.

Compare stack with other words:

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deck vs. stack

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cat vs. stack

mint vs. stack

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bundle vs. stack

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pie vs. stack

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load vs. stack

lot vs. stack

flock vs. stack

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chimney vs. stack

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haystack vs. stack

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stack vs. unstack

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prang vs. stack

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musket vs. stack

rifle vs. stack

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column vs. stack

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execution vs. stack

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computer vs. stack

smokestack vs. stack

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grain vs. stack

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