stacknoun [ C ]
uk/stæk/us/stæk/stack noun [ C ] (PILE)
a pile of things arranged one on top of another:
informal a large amount:
a set of shelves in a library that are positioned close together so that a lot of books can be stored on them
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Masses and large amounts of things
- accumulation
- an embarrassment of riches idiom
- any number of things idiom
- backlog
- battery
- boatload
- bolus
- clot
- deluge
- fund
- lashing
- lather
- outpouring
- panoply
- plethora
- predominance
- preponderance
- sheet
- shower
- thousand
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stack noun [ C ] (AIRCRAFT)
a group of aircraft circling over an airport at different heights waiting for permission to land:
stack noun [ C ] (COMPUTER)
a way of storing data (= information) on a computer so that the last piece of data to be stored is the first one to be found by the computer
stack noun [ C ] (ACCIDENT)
Australian English informal a car accident, especially one that causes damage
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On the road: accidents involving vehicles
- blowout
- car crash
- collide
- crash
- crash-land
- fender bender
- head-on
- jackknife
- knock
- overshoot
- plough
- rear-end
- road toll
- run (sth) down
- run sb/sth over
- sideswipe
- skid
- stack up
- wipe
- write-off
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stackverb
uk/stæk/us/stæk/stack verb (PUT SOMEWHERE)
[ T ] to arrange things in an ordered pile:
[ T ] to fill something with objects:
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Placing and positioning an object
- -based
- appose
- bung
- change sth around
- consign
- consign sb/sth to sth
- fit
- manoeuvre
- perch
- pop
- position
- sandwich sb/sth between sb/sth
- sandwich sth together
- set sb down
- set sth down
- shelve
- shove
- stand
- stuff
- whack
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stack verb (AIRCRAFT)
[ I or T ] also stack up to circle over an airport waiting for permission to land, or to make an aircraft do this: