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Synonyms for stack

Noun

1. stack, pile, heap, mound, cumulus
usage: an orderly pile
2. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew, large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
usage: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"
3. push-down list, push-down stack, stack, list, listing
usage: a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
4. smokestack, stack, chimney
usage: a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
5. push-down storage, push-down store, stack, memory device, storage device
usage: a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)

Verb

1. stack, load, lade, laden, load up, stack away
usage: load or cover with stacks; "stack a truck with boxes"
2. stack, pile, heap, arrange, set up, stack up
usage: arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves"
3. stack, arrange, set up
usage: arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances; "stack the deck of cards"
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