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STACK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)

Synonyms:

push-down storage; push-down store; stack

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("stack" is a kind of...):

memory device; storage device (a device that preserves information for retrieval)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated

Synonyms:

smokestack; stack

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("stack" is a kind of...):

chimney (a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stack"):

funnel ((nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship))

Sense 3

Meaning:

A list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)

Synonyms:

push-down list; push-down stack; stack

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("stack" is a kind of...):

list; listing (a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics))

Sense 4

Meaning:

An orderly pile

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("stack" is a kind of...):

agglomerate; cumulation; cumulus; heap; mound; pile (a collection of objects laid on top of each other)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stack"):

hayrick; haystack; rick (a stack of hay)

Derivation:

stack (arrange in stacks)

stack (load or cover with stacks)

Sense 5

Meaning:

(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent

Example:

a wad of money

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("stack" is a kind of...):

large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stack"):

deluge; flood; inundation; torrent (an overwhelming number or amount)

haymow (a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances

Example:

stack the deck of cards

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "stack" is one way to...):

arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Arrange in stacks

Example:

stack your books up on the shelves

Synonyms:

heap; pile; stack

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "stack" is one way to...):

arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stack"):

rick (pile in ricks)

cord (stack in cords)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

They stack their rifles on the cabinet

Also:

stack up (arrange into piles or stacks)

Derivation:

stack (an orderly pile)

stacker (a laborer who builds up a stack or pile)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Load or cover with stacks

Example:

stack a truck with boxes

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "stack" is one way to...):

lade; laden; load; load up (fill or place a load on)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something

Sentence examples:

They stack the cart with boxes

They stack the books into the box

Also:

stack away (keep or lay aside for future use)

Derivation:

stack (an orderly pile)

stacker (a laborer who builds up a stack or pile)

Credits

 Context examples: 

DNA Intercalation involves insertion by covalent linkage of a molecule into the double-stranded deoxyribonucleotide polymer between the internal purine and pyrimidine base pairs stacked one on another perpendicular to the double helix axis.

(DNA Intercalation, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers’ unique platform stabilizes large stacks of DNA needed for conferring key traits, allowing researchers to insert suites of genes so precisely that no unintended DNA is added or lost during the process.

(Innovative Approach to Breeding Could Mean Higher Yields and Better Crops, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The EGF superfamily is characterized by having at least 6 cysteines residues that form disulphide bonds stacked in a ladder-like arrangement, in the order 1-3, 2-4, 5-6, and which are essential for the stability of the EGF fold.

(Epidermal Growth Factor Superfamily Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Thus month after month his papers accumulated, until every corner of the room was stacked with bundles of manuscript which were on no account to be burned, and which could not be put away save by their owner.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The largest moon in our solar system, a companion to Jupiter named Ganymede, might have ice and oceans stacked up in several layers like a club sandwich, according to new research that models the moon's makeup.

(Ganymede may harbor 'club sandwich' of oceans and ice, NASA)

"I know the ways of women," he announced. "Their hearts is soft. When their hearts is touched they're likely to stack the cards, look at the bottom of the deck, an' lie like the devil—beggin' your pardon, ma'am. I'm only discoursin' about women in general."

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Poole disinterred the axe from under a stack of packing straw; the candle was set upon the nearest table to light them to the attack; and they drew near with bated breath to where that patient foot was still going up and down, up and down, in the quiet of the night.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Planets in Capricorn stacking up in your sixth house suggests that you will be dealing with budgets and/or with items of value from the past.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A small timber-yard still exists, however, at the back of the house, and last night, about twelve o’clock, an alarm was given that one of the stacks was on fire.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"The findings show that stacking 2D materials together in close proximity generates entirely new physics," said Jia Li, a physicist at Brown University.

(Research reveals exotic quantum states in double-layer graphene, National Science Foundation)