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1
a
pile
of things
arranged
one on
top
of another:
Examples:
He
chose
a
cartoon
from the stack of
DVDs
on the
shelf
.
2
a
large
amount
:
Examples:
Don't worry, we've got
stacks
of time.
3
a set of
shelves
in a
library
that are
positioned
close together so that a lot of
books
can be
stored
on them:
Examples:
What's the best way to find a
book
in the
stacks
?
4
a
group
of
aircraft
circling
over an
airport
at different
heights
waiting for
permission
to
land
:
Examples:
We were in the stack for over an
hour
before we
landed
.
5
a way of
storing
data
on a
computer
so that the last
piece
of
data
to be
stored
is the first one to be found by the
computer
:
Examples:
Data
is
normally
organized
by
position
, for
example
in
stacks
or
queues
.
6
the
levels
of
programming
,
software
, etc. used in a
mobile
app or
website
, in
order
to
create
the app or
website
or keep it working. :
Examples:
The MERN stack is one of the most
popular
stacks
currently
used in
web
development
.
7
a
tall
piece
of
rock
sticking
out of the
sea
near
the
coast
,
formed
by the
action
of the
waves
against the
rock
on the
coast
:
Examples:
The
Twelve
Apostles
is the name of a
series
of
limestone
stacks
protruding
dramatically
from the
sea
.
8
a car
accident
,
especially
one that
causes
damage
9
to
arrange
things in an
ordered
pile
:
Examples:
stack something (up) Once the last few people had left the
hall
, the
caretaker
began
stacking
(up) the
chairs
.
10
to
fill
something with
objects
:
Examples:
I got a job
stacking
shelves
in a
supermarket
.
Will you stack the
dishwasher
and
switch
it on, please?
11
to
circle
over an
airport
waiting for
permission
to
land
, or to make an
aircraft
do this:
Examples:
The
airline
uses
thousands
of tonnes of
fuel
a year when
its
planes
are
stacking
above
Heathrow and Gatwick.
Planes
stacked
up at
LAX
when a
radar
failure
caused
problems
nationwide
.
We were
stacked
up for
hours
waiting to
land
.
12
a
pile
of things
arranged
one on
top
of another:
Examples:
a stack of
pancakes
stacks
of
newspapers
13
In a
library
(= a
building
with a
collection
of
books
and
study
materials
), the
stacks
are the
area
where
books
are
stored
:
Examples:
I found the
book
in the
stacks
, but it was in the wrong place.
14
to
arrange
things in a
pile
one on
top
of another:
Examples:
The
cases
were
stacked
neatly
in the
middle
of the room.
15
to work in a
supermarket
putting
products
on
shelves
:
Examples:
She's got a part-time job
stacking
shelves
in the
local
superstore.
16
a
large
pile
of something such as
letters
:
Examples:
I have a stack of
invoices
to
process
this
afternoon
.
17
a
method
of
storing
information
on a
computer
in which the most
recent
item
is found or
dealt
with before other
items
:
Examples:
It is
possible
to
search
the stack for an
item
and find out how far it is from the
top
.
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