stack

n.

1. A large, usually conical pile of straw or fodder arranged for outdoor storage.
2. An orderly pile, especially one arranged in layers. See synonyms at heap.
3. Computer Science. A section of memory and its associated registers used for temporary storage of information in which the item most recently stored is the first to be retrieved.
4. A group of three rifles supporting each other, butt downward and forming a cone.
5. 1. A chimney or flue.
   2. A group of chimneys arranged together.
6. A vertical exhaust pipe, as on a ship or locomotive.
7. An extensive arrangement of bookshelves. Often used in the plural.
8. stacks The area of a library in which most of the books are shelved.
9. A stackup.
10. An English measure of coal or cut wood, equal to 108 cubic feet (3.06 cubic meters).
11. Informal. A large quantity: a stack of work to do.

v., stacked, stack·ing, stacks.

v.tr.

1. To arrange in a stack; pile.
2. To load or cover with stacks or piles: stacked the dishwasher.
3. 1. Games. To prearrange the order of (a deck of cards) so as to increase the chance of winning.
   2. To prearrange or fix unfairly so as to favor a particular outcome: tried to stack the jury.
4. To direct (aircraft) to circle at different altitudes while waiting to land.

v.intr.
To form a stack.

phrasal verb:

stack up Informal.

1. To measure up or equal: Their gift doesn't stack up against his.
2. To make sense; add up: Her report just doesn't stack up.

[Middle English stac, from Old Norse stakkr.]

stackable stack'a·ble adj.
stacker stack'er n.

also stack up

noun

A group of things gathered haphazardly: agglomeration, bank¹, cumulus, drift, heap, hill, mass, mess, mound, mountain, pile, shock², tumble. See order/disorder.

verb

To put into a disordered pile: bank¹, drift, heap, hill, lump¹, mound, pile (up). See order/disorder.

phrasal verb - stack up

To be equal or alike: compare, correspond, equal, match, measure up, parallel, touch. See same/different/compare.

Idioms beginning with stack:
stack the cards

See also blow one's top (stack); cards are stacked; needle in a haystack; swear on a stack of bibles;.

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v

Definition: pile up
Antonyms: empty, unstack

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The set of things a person has to do in the future. One speaks of the next project to be attacked as having risen to the top of the stack. “I'm afraid I've got real work to do, so this'll have to be pushed way down on my stack.” “I haven't done it yet because every time I pop my stack something new gets pushed.” If you are interrupted several times in the middle of a conversation, “My stack overflowed” means “I forget what we were talking about.” The implication is that more items were pushed onto the stack than could be remembered, so the least recent items were lost. The usual physical example of a stack is to be found in a cafeteria: a pile of plates or trays sitting on a spring in a well, so that when you put one on the top they all sink down, and when you take one off the top the rest spring up a bit. See also push and pop.

(The Art of Computer Programming, second edition, vol. 1, p. 236) says:

The term “stack” was originally coined by Edsger Dijkstra, who was quite proud of it.

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1. Any vertical pipe, such as a soil pipe, waste pipe, vent, or leader stack.
2. Such pipes, collectively.
3. Any structure or part thereof

stack, 1: installation

which contains a flue or flues for the discharge of gases.
4. A chimney stack.
5. In warm-air heating systems, a vertical supply duct.
6. A tier of book shelves.

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IN BRIEF: A pile of objects, one on top of another.

Did you already shuffle the stack of cards?

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - stak, stabel, skorsten, reol, mængde, masse
v. tr. - stakke, stable, lade fly kredse i bestemt højde før landing
v. intr. - sætte i stak, pakke kortene (for at snyde), lave underhåndsaftaler

idioms:

• a stack of    en stak
• stack up    stakke op, stable op, hobe sig op, udgøre, blive
• stacks of    stakke af
• the odds are stacked against    oddsene er imod

Nederlands (Dutch)
stapel, schoorsteen, boekenplanken, piramide van geweren, mijt, (op) stapelen

Français (French)
n. - meule, tas, pile, faisceau, cheminée, (Géol) cheminée, (Comput) pile
v. tr. - (Agric) mettre en meule, empiler, remplir (étagères), (Aviat, Télécom) mettre (qch) en attente, piper (aux cartes), (US) sélectionner (qch) avec partialité (pour défavoriser)
v. intr. - se comparer (avec), empiler

idioms:

• a stack of    une pile de, un tas de
• stack up    empiler, se comparer (avec)
• stacks of    des tas de, plein de
• the odds are stacked against    ne pas avoir tous les atouts dans son jeu, être défavorisé

Deutsch (German)
n. - Stapel, Stoß, Haufen, Felssäule, Magazin, Schornstein, Feim
v. - stapeln, anfüllen

idioms:

• a stack of    Haufen
• stack up    aufstapeln
• stacks of    Haufen
• the odds are stacked against    jmd. hat schlechte Karten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - θημωνιά, καμινάδα, φουγάρο, στοίβα, σωρός, ράφια βιβλίων, (μτφ.) σωρεία, (καθομ.) έλεγχος πτήσης αεροσκαφών που περιμένουν άδεια προσγείωσης
v. - στοιβάζω, συσσωρεύω, στήνω (τα χαρτιά)

idioms:

• a stack of    ένα σωρό
• stack up    στοιβάζω, συσσωρεύω, μετράω, υπολογίζομαι
• stacks of    στοίβες
• the odds are stacked against    οι πιθανότητες δεν ευνοούν

Italiano (Italian)
catasta, camino, mucchio di fieno

idioms:

• be stacked against    congiura contro
• stack up    accatastare
• stack(s) of    mucchio di
• the odds are stacked against    tutto congiura contro di

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pilha (f), estante de livros, chaminé (f)
v. - empilhar, ensarilhar armar

idioms:

• stack up    controlar o pouso de aeronaves (Aer.), comparar (gír.), parecer verdadeira (gír.)
• stack(s) of    um monte de
• the odds are stacked against    tudo estar contra

Русский (Russian)
скирда, стог, куча, дымовая труба, множество, стеллаж, складывать в кучу/штабель, подтасовывать карты/факты

idioms:

• stack up    складывать в кучу/штабель
• stack(s) of    груда чего-л.
• the odds are stacked against    "все было против него"

Español (Spanish)
n. - montón, pila, chimenea, parva, almiar
v. tr. - apilar, amontonar, hacinar, poner (los fusiles) en pabellón
v. intr. - amontonarse

idioms:

• a stack of    aviones volando en círculos a diferentes alturas esperando la autorización para aterrizar, pila de, montones, un grupo piramidal de rifles
• stack up    amontonar, apilar, resultar en suma
• stacks of    aviones volando en círculos a diferentes alturas esperando la autorización para aterrizar, pila de, montones, un grupo piramidal de rifles
• the odds are stacked against    las circunstancias son desfavorables

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - trave, stapel, ordnad hög, vedmått, gevärspyramid, skorsten, bunt, klippa
v. - stapla upp, arrangera, rada upp

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
堆叠, 大量, 堆, 堆积, 做牌, 堆满, 形成堆, 比较, 作定高分层盘旋

idioms:

• a stack of    一堆..., 一叠..., 大量..., 许多...
• stack up    加起来
• stacks of    大量..., 许多...
• the odds are stacked against    事情对我们很不利

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 堆疊, 大量, 堆
v. tr. - 堆積, 做牌, 堆滿
v. intr. - 形成堆, 比較, 作定高分層盤旋

idioms:

• a stack of    一堆..., 一疊..., 大量..., 許多...
• stack up    加起來
• stacks of    大量..., 許多...
• the odds are stacked against    事情對我們很不利

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 쌓아올린 더미, 굴뚝, (도서관의) 서가
v. tr. - 산더미처럼 쌓아 올리다, (세 자루의 총을) 걸어 세우다, (카드를) 부정한 방법으로 치다
v. intr. - 산더미처럼 쌓이다, 부정 수단을 쓰다

idioms:

• a stack of    산더미 같은
• stack up    비교할 만하다, (이야기가) 조리에 맞다, (비행기에) 선회 대피할 것을 지시하다
• the odds are stacked against    상황이 불리한, 가능성이 희박한

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 干し草の山, 積み重ね, 煙突, 一群の煙突, 書架, 書庫, 大量
v. - 積み重ねる, 積み上げる, ごまかす, 待機飛行する

idioms:

• stack up    匹敵する, 得る, なる
• stack(s) of    たくさんの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كومه منتظمه, مجموعه مداخن, كدس, (فعل) كوم, كدس, , تراكم, نضد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ערימה, גדיש, מצובת-רובים, מדפי-ספרים, ארובה, נציב סלע, בעלת חזה גדול, תור עבודות במחשב הפולט ראשון את הקלט האחרון, מסודר בקומות‬
v. tr. - ‮ערם, סיוור, ניצל לטובתו, גרם (למטוס) לחוג באוויר לפני הנחיתה, סידר (קלפים) בחשאי כדי לרמות‬
v. intr. - ‮נערם‬

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Stack Rings	eca stack
Stack-it Bracket	speed stack