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to stack
01
to arrange items on top of each other in large quantities
Transitive: to stack sth
Examples
The warehouse worker stacked boxes of inventory neatly to maximize storage space.
She is currently stacking books on the shelves in alphabetical order.
02
to pile things up and fill an area with those piles
Transitive: to stack a space
Examples
She stacked the shelves with cans of soup.
The kitchen counter was stacked with dirty dishes after the party.
03
to arrange a deck of cards in a specific way to cheat
Transitive: to stack a deck or cards
Examples
He secretly stacked the deck to ensure he got the winning hand.
The gambler was caught stacking the cards during the poker game.
04
to make money, especially in large amounts
InformalExamples
He 's been stacking cash by investing in real estate.
They 've been working hard, stacking money for their dream vacation.
05
to be doing extremely well, often in terms of success, skill, or performance
InformalExamples
He 's been stacking ever since he landed that new job.
Their business is really stacking this year — profits are through the roof.
Stack
01
a neatly arranged heap of objects
Examples
He put the books into a stack on the table.
The office paper was in a neat stack.
02
a tall, vertical chimney for releasing smoke and combustion gases
Examples
Smoke rose from the factory stack into the sky.
The house had a brick stack for its fireplace.
03
a data structure that removes data in the reverse order of saving them and serves as a temporary storage
Examples
The programmer used a stack to keep track of function calls.
When the stack overflows, it can cause a program to crash.
04
a data structure where the last element added is the first one removed
Examples
Undo actions are kept in a stack.
The program stored function calls in a stack.
05
a large amount of something, often money or objects
SlangExamples
They paid him a stack of money to keep quiet.
She has a stack of books on her desk.
Lexical Tree
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