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    Stack

    Definitions

    1 | noun | an orderly pile 2 | noun | (often followed by "of") a large number or amount or extent 3 | noun | a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO) 4 | noun | a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated 5 | noun | a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO) 6 | verb | load or cover with stacks 7 | verb | arrange in stacks 8 | verb | arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances (8 meanings)

    Pronunciation

    st'ak (IPA: stˈæk)

    Hyphenation

    stack (no hyphenation) (5 letters | 1 syllable)

    First known use in English

    1300 (High Middle ages) (725 years ago)

    Word origins

    Old Norse |

    Word frequency history

    Inflected forms

    stacks | stacked | stacking

    Synonyms

    batch | deal | flock | good deal | great deal | hatful | heap | lot | mass | mess | mickle | mint | mountain | muckle | passel | ... (total: 30)

    Narrower terms

    hayrick | haystack | rick | deluge | flood | haymow | inundation | torrent | funnel | cord (total: 10)

    Broader terms

    agglomerate | cumulation | cumulus | heap | pile | large indefinite amount | large indefinite quantity | list | listing | chimney | memory device | storage device | lade | laden | load | ... (total: 18)

    Rhymes

    aback | attack | back | black | clack | crack | dak | flack | flak | hack | jack | knack | lac | lack | mac | ... (total: 33) (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Lexically close words

    shack | slack | smack | snack | stalk | stank | stark (total: 7)

    Anagram

    tacks

    Phrases

    blow one's stack | push-down stack | stack away | stack up

    Other notable uses

    Stack (US population: 11970 people, white: 93%)

    stack.com | stack.net | stack.org | stack.biz

    Crossword puzzle clues

    Accumulation | Arrange neatly | It may go through the roof | Pancake arrangement | Quantity of poker chips (total: 5) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    11 (International English) | 11 (North American English)

    Phone keypad digits

    (???) ??7-8225

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