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stack

Nouns

• (n) an orderly pile
• (n) (often followed by "of") a large number or amount or extent
  • 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
  good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, mickle, mint, muckle, passel, peck, quite a little, slew, spate, tidy sum, batch, heap, mass, mountain, pile, plenty, raft, wad, deal, flock, pot, mess, sight,
• (n) a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO) push-down list, push-down stack,
• (n) a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated smokestack,
• (n) 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,

Verbs

• (v) load or cover with stacks
  • stack a truck with boxes
• (v) arrange in stacks
  • heap firewood around the fireplace
  • stack your books up on the shelves
  pile, heap,
• (v) arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances
  • stack the deck of cards

Synonyms

good deal great deal hatful lot mickle mint muckle passel peck quite a little slew spate tidy sum batch heap mass mountain pile plenty raft wad deal flock pot mess sight push-down list push-down stack smokestack push-down storage push-down store

See also

hive away lay in salt away stack away stash away store put in heap up stack up pile up

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