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stack in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. (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"
    batch  deal  flock  good deal  great deal  hatful  heap  lot  mass  mess  mickle  mint  mountain  muckle  passel  peck  pile  plenty  pot  quite a little  raft  sight  slew  spate  stack  tidy sum  wad 
  2. a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
    push-down list  push-down stack  stack 
  3. 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  stack 
  4. a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
    smokestack  stack 
  5. an orderly pile
    stack 
verb
  1. arrange in stacks
    "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves"
    stack  pile  heap 
  2. load or cover with stacks
    "stack a truck with boxes"
    stack 
  3. arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances
    "stack the deck of cards"
    stack 
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