1. (

• stack

) an orderly pile ;

2. (

• 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

) (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" ;

3. (

• push-down_list ,
• push-down_stack ,
• stack

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

4. (

• smokestack ,
• stack

) a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated ;

5. (

• push-down_storage ,
• push-down_store ,
• stack ,

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

1. (

• stack ,

) load or cover with stacks; "stack a truck with boxes" ;

2. (

• stack ,
• pile ,
• heap

) arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves" ;

3. (

• stack ,

) arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances; "stack the deck of cards" ;