Main entry: push-down storage, push-down store, stack
Definition: a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
Main entry: smokestack, stack
Definition: a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
Main entry: push-down list, push-down stack, stack
Definition: a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
Main entry: stack
Definition: an orderly pile
Main entry: batch, mint, mountain, muckle, peck, passel, tidy sum, deal, spate, sight, slew, stack, heap, hatful, good deal, great deal, wad, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, lot, mass, mess, mickle, flock
Definition: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Usage: 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
Main entry: stack
Definition: arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances
Usage: stack the deck of cards
Definition: arrange in stacks
Usage: heap firewood around the fireplace; stack your books up on the shelves
Main entry: stack
Definition: load or cover with stacks
Usage: stack a truck with boxes