stack
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1.0
- noun
- /stæk/
:
pila
- After the meeting, there was a stack of reports left on the desk.
- a stack of books
- a stack of papers
- browsing the stacks
They bring out a, a stack of paperwork.
- They bring out a, a stack of paperwork.
- Well, how big is would a stack be of a trillion dollar bills?
- And then my publicist sent me a whole stack of This Is Us DVDs.
- It either would be like my stack of underwear or my stack of socks.
- So we just are storing them in stacks in our barn, just empty.
- Got a little stack of those for the MEMS you guys.
- We'll grab the burger stack and you're about to have a good day.
- Sit down, grab a stack because I got a story for you guys.
Examples
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In her drawer, Gina keeps a stack of letters tied up with a ponytail holder.
Academic text (1997) -
I'm going to put in a stack for donations.
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And so this is my current stack that I have going.
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Oh, I also have this entire stack of things that is a disaster.
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"When you start work, they hand you a stack of papers an inch deep.
Academic text (1999) -
I did so, and in time he returned with a small stack of what seemed like magazines.
Academic text (1997) -
We've got a big old stack that we put in there.
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My dad's got, like, a whole stack of old motors in his shop.
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He left them with a stack of unpaid medical bills and not too much of anything else.
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She placed a stack of books on the table to make space on the shelf.
Synonyms
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1.9
A heap of things put together
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2.7
A large collection of things often including people
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1.1
A pile of things put on top of each other in no order
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2.1
A small pile of things put on top of each other
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4.6
A thick bundle of paper money
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1.8
A large pile of things or a large amount
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2.1
A stack of wood kept to burn
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Etymology
Stack comes from an old Germanic word stak meaning 'pile' or 'heap'. Think of a 'haystack' or a pile of plates — that simple image explains why a stack is a neat pile of things.