stack

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. Source: opted

2. a. A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity. Source: opted

3. a. A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. Source: opted

4. a. A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. Hence: Source: opted

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. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

7. a. A data structure within random-access memory used to simulate a hardware stack; as, a push-down stack. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

9. n. an orderly pile Source: wordnet

10. n. (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent Source: wordnet

11. n. a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO) Source: wordnet

12. n. a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated Source: wordnet

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