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Definition of "stack" []

  • A large, usually conical pile of straw or fodder arranged for outdoor storage. (noun)
  • An orderly pile, especially one arranged in layers. See Synonyms at heap. (noun)
  • Computer Science A section of memory and its associated registers used for temporary storage of information in which the item most recently stored is the first to be retrieved. (noun)
  • A group of three rifles supporting each other, butt downward and forming a cone. (noun)
  • A chimney or flue. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "stack" in a sentence
  • "To get it to work, you would have to write this class Inbox def initialize (stack) @stack = stack end def add (message) #This works"
  • "Consider the following code in Shoes class Inbox def initialize (stack) @stack = stack end def add (message) #warning this is wrong in shoes."
  • "The term stack seems to be getting a bad rap in the geo world."