Stack - Definition

n 1: an orderly pile
2: (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" [syn:
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]
3: a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most
recently stored (LIFO) [syn: push-down list, push-down
stack, stack]
4: a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke
can be evacuated [syn: smokestack, stack]
5: a storage device that handles data so that the next item to
be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO) [syn:
push-down storage, push-down store, stack]
v 1: load or cover with stacks; "stack a truck with boxes"
2: arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace";
"stack your books up on the shelves" [syn: stack, pile,
heap]
3: arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances;
"stack the deck of cards"