n.
- a pile, especially a neat one.
▸a rectangular or cylindrical pile of hay, straw, etc.
▸a vertical arrangement of hi-fi or guitar amplification equipment.
▸a pyramidal group of rifles.
- informal a large quantity of something.
- a chimney or vertical exhaust pipe.
- a number of aircraft flying in circles at different altitudes around the same point while waiting to land at an airport.
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(also sea stack)
Brit. a column of rock standing in the sea.
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(the stacks)
units of shelving in part of a library normally closed to the public.
- Computing a set of storage locations from which the most recently stored item is the first to be retrieved.
- Brit. a measure for a pile of wood of 108 cu. ft (3.06 cubic metres).
v.
- arrange in a stack.
▸fill or cover with stacks of things.
- shuffle or arrange (a pack of cards) dishonestly.
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(be stacked against/in favour of)
(of a situation) be overwhelmingly likely to produce an unfavourable or favourable outcome for.
- cause (an aircraft) to fly in a stack.
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(stack up)
N. Amer. informal measure up; compare.
- (in snowboarding) fall over.
Derivative
- stackable adj.
- stacker n.
Etymology
ME: from ON stakkr ‘haystack’, of Gmc origin.