stack
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A pile: A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.
- A pile: A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last.
- A pile: A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
- A pile: A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (~3 m³)
- A pile: An extensive collection
- A smokestack.
- In computing: A linear data structure in which items inserted are removed in reverse order (the last item inserted is the first one to be removed).
- In computing: A stack data structure stored in main memory that is manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions.
- In computing: An implementation of a protocol suite (set of protocols forming a layered architecture).
- In computing: A combination of interdependent, yet individually replaceable, software components or technologies used together on a system.
- A generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.
- A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.
- Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
- A large amount of an object.
- A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.
- The amount of money a player has on the table.
- In architecture: A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof.
- In architecture: A vertical drainpipe.
- A fall or crash, a prang.
- A blend of various dietary supplements or anabolic steroids with supposed synergistic benefits.
- A holding pattern, with aircraft circling one above the other as they wait to land.
- The quantity of a given item which fills up an inventory slot or bag.
Verb
- To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.
- To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner, especially for cheating.
- To arrange or fix to obtain an advantage; to deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).
- To take all the money another player currently has on the table.
- To crash; to fall.
- To operate cumulatively.
- To place (aircraft) into a holding pattern.
- To collect precious metal in the form of various small objects such as coins and bars.
- To have excessive ink transfer.
Proper noun
- A surname.
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