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1. Meaning 1 · noun

   (heading) A pile.

2. Meaning 2 · noun

   A smokestack.

3. Meaning 3 · noun

   (heading) In computing.

4. Meaning 4 · noun

   A generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.

5. Meaning 5 · noun

   A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.

6. Meaning 6 · noun

   (library) Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.

7. Meaning 7 · noun

   A large amount of an object.

   “They paid him a stack of money to keep quiet.”

8. Meaning 8 · noun

   A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.

9. Meaning 9 · noun

   The amount of money a player has on the table.

10. Meaning 10 · noun

    (heading) In architecture.

11. Meaning 11 · noun

    A fall or crash, a prang.

12. Meaning 12 · noun

    A blend of various dietary supplements or anabolic steroids with supposed synergistic benefits.

13. Meaning 13 · noun

    A holding pattern, with aircraft circling one above the other as they wait to land.

14. Meaning 14 · noun

    The quantity of a given item which fills up an inventory slot or bag.

    “I've got 107 Golden Branches, but the stack size is 20 so they're taking up 6 spaces in my inventory.”

15. Meaning 15 · verb

    To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.

    “Please stack those chairs in the corner.”

16. Meaning 16 · verb

    To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner.

    “This is the third hand in a row where you've drawn four of a kind. Someone is stacking the deck!”

17. Meaning 17 · verb

    To take all the money another player currently has on the table.

    “I won Jill's last $100 this hand; I stacked her!”

18. Meaning 18 · verb

    To deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).

    “The Government was accused of stacking the parliamentary committee.”

19. Meaning 19 · verb

    To crash; to fall.

    “Jim couldn′t make it today as he stacked his car on the weekend.”

20. Meaning 20 · verb

    To operate cumulatively.

    “A magical widget will double your mojo. And yes, they do stack: if you manage to get two magical widgets, your mojo will be quadrupled. With three, it will be octupled, and so forth.”

21. Meaning 21 · verb

    To place (aircraft) into a holding pattern.

22. Meaning 22 · verb

    To collect precious metal in the form of various small objects such as coins and bars.

How this word is used

• General “They paid him a stack of money to keep quiet.”
• General “I've got 107 Golden Branches, but the stack size is 20 so they're taking up 6 spaces in my inventory.”
• Everyday “Please stack those chairs in the corner.”
• General “This is the third hand in a row where you've drawn four of a kind. Someone is stacking the deck!”
• General “I won Jill's last $100 this hand; I stacked her!”
• General “The Government was accused of stacking the parliamentary committee.”
• General “Jim couldn′t make it today as he stacked his car on the weekend.”
• General “A magical widget will double your mojo. And yes, they do stack: if you manage to get two magical widgets, your mojo will be quadrupled. With three, it will be octupled, and so forth.”

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