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stack

/stæk/ · noun

Meaning

  1. (heading) A pile.
  2. A smokestack.
  3. (heading) In computing.
  4. A generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.
  5. A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.
  6. (library) Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
  7. To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.
  8. To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner.
  9. To take all the money another player currently has on the table.
  10. To deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).
  11. To crash; to fall.
  12. To operate cumulatively.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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