stack

Meanings

• an orderly pile
• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
• a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
• a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
• a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
• load or cover with stacks
  • "stack a truck with boxes"
• arrange in stacks
  • "stack your books up on the shelves"
• arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances
  • "stack the deck of cards"

Synonyms

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