stacks

Meanings

Noun

• a large number or amount
  • "she amassed stacks of newspapers"
• storage space in a library consisting of an extensive arrangement of bookshelves where most of the books are stored
• 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)
• plural of stack
• A large amount of money, especially winnings.

Verb

• load or cover with stacks
• arrange in stacks
• arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances
• third-person singular simple present indicative of stack

Synonyms

batch, deal, dozens, flock, gobs, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, heaps, lashings, loads, lot, lots, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, oodles, passel, peck, pile, piles, plenty, pot, push-down list, push-down stack, push-down storage, push-down store, quite a little, raft, rafts, scads, scores, sight, slew, slews, smokestack, spate, stack, tidy sum, tons, wad, wads