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- [stak]
- /stæk/
- /stæk/
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- [stak]
- /stæk/
Definitions of stack word
- noun stack a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers. 1
- noun stack a large, usually conical, circular, or rectangular pile of hay, straw, or the like. 1
- noun stack Often, stacks. a set of shelves for books or other materials ranged compactly one above the other, as in a library. 1
- noun stack stacks, the area or part of a library in which the books and other holdings are stored or kept. 1
- noun stack a number of chimneys or flues grouped together. 1
- abbreviation STACK smokestack. 1
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Origin of stack
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; (noun) Middle English stak < Old Norse stakkr haystack; (v.) Middle English stakken, derivative of the v.
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Parts of speech for Stack
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
stack popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
stack usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for stack
noun stack
- accumulation — An accumulation of something is a large number of things which have been collected together or acquired over a period of time.
- anthill — An anthill is a pile of earth formed by ants when they are making a nest.
- biddle — John. 1615–62, English theologian; founder of Unitarianism in England
- build-up — the physical structure, especially of a person; physique; figure: He had a strong build.
- buildup — praise or favorable publicity, esp. when systematic and intended to make something popular, well-known, etc.
verb stack
- ballasted — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- ballasting — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- chock — a block or wedge of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
- chocked — a wedge or block of wood, metal, or the like, for filling in a space, holding an object steady, etc.
- chocking — a wedge or block of wood, metal, or the like, for filling in a space, holding an object steady, etc.
adj stack
- countless — Countless means very many.
- heaper — a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile: a heap of stones.
- innumerous — very numerous.
- mucho — much or many: They're under mucho stress.
adjective stack
- zillion — an extremely large, indeterminate number.
Antonyms for stack
noun stack
- ditch — a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
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