stacks Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun a large number or amount
   heaps; rafts; wads; piles; lots; scads; slews; tons; gobs; scores; oodles; loads; dozens; lashings.
   
   • made lots of new friends
   • she amassed stacks of newspapers
2. noun storage space in a library consisting of an extensive arrangement of bookshelves where most of the books are stored
   
3. noun an orderly pile
   stack.
   
4. noun (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
   plenty; great deal; pot; sight; flock; mint; slew; mountain; deal; wad; muckle; pile; lot; mickle; raft; quite a little; passel; hatful; mess; spate; heap; peck; stack; good deal; batch; tidy sum; mass.
   
   • 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
5. noun a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
   stack; push-down list; push-down stack.
   
6. noun a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
   smokestack; stack.
   
7. noun 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.
   
8. verb load or cover with stacks
   stack.
   
   • stack a truck with boxes
9. verb arrange in stacks
   pile; stack; heap.
   
   • heap firewood around the fireplace
   • stack your books up on the shelves
10. verb arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances
    stack.
    
    • stack the deck of cards

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