Stack
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Stack
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1 a.
A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch.
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2 a.
A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
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3 a.
A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet.
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4 a.
A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. Hence:
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5 a.
Any single insulated and prominent structure, or upright pipe, which affords a conduit for smoke; as, the brick smokestack of a factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel.
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6 a.
A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved.
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7 a.
A data structure within random-access memory used to simulate a hardware stack; as, a push-down stack.
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8 n.
To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood.
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9 a.
A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch.
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10 a.
A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
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11 a.
A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet.
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12 a.
A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. Hence:
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13 a.
Any single insulated and prominent structure, or upright pipe, which affords a conduit for smoke; as, the brick smokestack of a factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel.
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14 a.
A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved.
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15 a.
A data structure within random-access memory used to simulate a hardware stack; as, a push-down stack.
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16 n.
To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood.