noun
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Synonyms
Examples
- a batch of letters
- a deal of trouble
- a lot of money
- he made a mint on the stock market
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
- it must have cost plenty
- a slew of journalists
- a wad of money
noun
a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
Synonyms
push-down list
push-down stack
noun
a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
Synonyms
noun
a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
Synonyms
push-down storage
push-down store
verb
load or cover with stacks
Examples
- stack a truck with boxes
verb
arrange in stacks
Synonyms
Examples
- heap firewood around the fireplace
- stack your books up on the shelves
verb
arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances
Examples
- stack the deck of cards