Meaning

(heading) A pile..

Definitions by Sense

1. (heading) A pile.
2. A smokestack.
3. (heading) In computing.
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.
6. (library) Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
7. (figuratively) A large amount of an object.
8. (military) A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.

Example Sentences

With just the turn of a shoulder she indicated the water front, where, at the end of the dock on which they stood, lay the good ship, Mount Vernon, river packet, the black smoke already pouring from her stacks.

Long before Shap platform showed up around a corner and the two arms on the gradient post drooped in both directions at once, Duchess of Buccleuch's amiable throbbing purr at the stack had become a fierce freight-engine bark, as she resolutely dragged at her enormous load.

The leading engine was one of the Class Y6 2-8-8-2 compound articulateds, [...] The stack noise of one of these great brutes slogging up a grade was quite unforgettable.

A boat's-crew landed one time upon one of the stacks with the intention of attacking the seals.

You took me to your library and kissed me in the stacks.

They paid him a stack of money to keep quiet.

"You've got to go all out in a race or you don't get a good time," he said. "But going all out means that you have a few stacks."

Fan-shot footage of Bieber’s big stack (not a euphemism) sees the pop singer trying to adjust his pants during a concert in the Canadian city of Saskatoon on Thursday night, 16th June, before an audible “THWACK” can be heard as he falls off the stage.

Word Forms

• stacks
• stacking
• stacked

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