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5-letter words (2 found)

STACK,TACKS,

4-letter words (11 found)

ACTS,CASK,CAST,CATS,KATS,SACK,SCAT,SKAT,TACK,TAKS,TASK,

3-letter words (12 found)

ACT,ASK,ATS,CAT,KAS,KAT,SAC,SAT,SKA,TAK,TAS,TSK,

2-letter words (5 found)

AS,AT,KA,ST,TA,

You can make 30 words from stack according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of stack

stack tsack satck astck tasck atsck stcak tscak sctak cstak tcsak ctsak sactk asctk scatk csatk acstk castk tacsk atcsk tcask ctask actsk catsk stakc tsakc satkc astkc taskc atskc stkac tskac sktac kstac tksac ktsac saktc asktc skatc ksatc akstc kastc taksc atksc tkasc ktasc aktsc katsc stcka tscka sctka cstka tcska ctska stkca tskca sktca kstca tksca ktsca sckta cskta skcta kscta cksta kcsta tcksa ctksa tkcsa ktcsa cktsa kctsa sackt asckt scakt csakt acskt caskt sakct askct skact ksact aksct kasct sckat cskat skcat kscat cksat kcsat ackst cakst akcst kacst ckast kcast tacks atcks tcaks ctaks actks catks takcs atkcs tkacs ktacs aktcs katcs tckas ctkas tkcas ktcas cktas kctas ackts cakts akcts kacts ckats kcats

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Definitions and meaning of stack

stack

Etymology

From Middle English stack, stacke, stakke, stak, from Old Norse stakkr (“a barn; haystack; heap; pile”), from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz (“a barn; rick; haystack”), which per Kroonen (arguing for the controversial Kluge's law) is from *stogʰ-nós, cognate with Ancient Greek στόχος (stokhos), but unclear whether he derives *stogʰ-nós from a Proto-Indo-European *stegʰ- (“pole; rod; stick; stake”). Per Pokorny et al., from PIE *(s)teg- (“stake, pole, rod, stick, beam”) and cognate with Latin tignum ("tree trunk, beam, log"), but not cognate with Ancient Greek στόχος.

The data structure sense is a calque of Dutch stapel, introduced by Edsger W. Dijkstra.

Cognate with Icelandic stakkur (“stack”), Swedish stack (“stack”), Danish stak (“stack”), Norwegian stakk (“stack”). Related to stake and sauna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stæk/
  • Rhymes: -æk

Noun

stack (plural stacks)

  1. (heading) A pile.
    1. A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.
    2. A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last.
    3. (UK) A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
    4. A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (~3 m³)
    5. An extensive collection
      • 2007, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Education and Skills Committee, Post-16 skills: ninth report of session 2006-07, Vol. 2: Oral and written evidence, The Stationery Office →ISBN, page 42
        Going back to an earlier question, which I think is very important, this question of how you use skills. It is no good having a great stack of skills in a workplace if the employer does not utilise them properly
  2. A smokestack.
  3. (heading) In computing.
    1. (programming) A linear data structure in which items inserted are removed in reverse order (the last item inserted is the first one to be removed).
      Hyponym: history stack
    2. (computing, often with "the") A stack data structure stored in main memory that is manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions.
    3. (networking) An implementation of a protocol suite (set of protocols forming a layered architecture).
      Synonym: protocol stack
    4. A combination of interdependent, yet individually replaceable, software components or technologies used together on a system.
      Synonym: technology stack
  4. (mathematics) A generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.
  5. (geology) A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.
  7. (library) Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
  8. (figuratively) A large amount of an object.
  9. (military) A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.
  10. (poker) The amount of money a player has on the table.
  11. (heading) In architecture.
    1. A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof.
    2. A vertical drainpipe.
  12. (Australia, slang) A fall or crash, a prang.
  13. (bodybuilding) A blend of various dietary supplements or anabolic steroids with supposed synergistic benefits.
  14. (aviation) A holding pattern, with aircraft circling one above the other as they wait to land.
  15. (video games) The quantity of a given item which fills up an inventory slot or bag.

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Verb

stack (third-person singular simple present stacks, present participle stacking, simple past and past participle stacked)

  1. (transitive) To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.
    Synonyms: build up, stack up; see also Thesaurus:pile up
  2. (transitive, card games) To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner, especially for cheating.
  3. (transitive, by extension) To arrange or fix to obtain an advantage; to deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).
    to be stacked against (someone)
  4. (transitive, poker) To take all the money another player currently has on the table.
  5. (transitive, US, Australia, slang) To crash; to fall.
    • 1975, Laurie Clancy, A Collapsible Man, Outback Press, page 43,
      Miserable phone calls from Windsor police station or from Russell Street. ‘Mum, I′ve stacked the car; could you get me a lawyer?’, the middle-class panacea for all diseases.
    • 2007, Martin Chipperfield, slut talk, Night Falling, 34th Parallel Publishing, US, Trade Paperback, page 100,
      oh shit danny, i stacked the car
      ran into sally, an old school friend
      you stacked the car?
      so now i need this sally′s address
      for the insurance, danny says
    Synonyms: smash, wreck
  6. (gaming) To operate cumulatively.
  7. (aviation, transitive) To place (aircraft) into a holding pattern.
  8. (informal, intransitive) To collect precious metal in the form of various small objects such as coins and bars.
  9. (printing) To have excessive ink transfer.
    Antonym: skip

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Anagrams

  • ATCKs, Tacks, sackt, tacks

Middle English

Etymology 1

See stak.

Noun

stack

  1. Alternative form of stak

Etymology 2

See stake.

Noun

stack

  1. Alternative form of stake

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English stack.

Noun

stack f (plural stacks)

  1. (ultimate frisbee) stack

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse stakkr, from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz.

Noun

stack c

  1. a stack (e.g. of hay), a pile (e.g. of manure)
  2. an anthill
    Synonym: myrstack
  3. a stack (in computer memory)

Usage notes

Usually appears in compounds like myrstack (“anthill”) and höstack (“haystack”). An unqualified stack would usually be understood as an anthill.

Declension

Related terms

  • dra sitt strå till stacken
  • gödselstack
  • höstack
  • myrstack

See also

  • stackare
  • stapel

Verb

stack

  1. past indicative of sticka

Anagrams

  • tacks

Source: wiktionary.org