- (n.) To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks or grain; to stack or place wood.
- (a.) A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved.
- (a.) A data structure within random-access memory used to simulate a hardware stack; as, a push-down stack.
- (a.) A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet.
- (a.) A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. Hence:.
- (a.) A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
- (a.) A large pile of hay, grain, straw or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch.
- (a.) Any single insulated and prominent structure or upright pipe, which affords a conduit for smoke; as, the brick smokestack of a factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel.
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noun
- An orderly pile.
- Often followed by `of'. ( a large number or amount or extent)
- usage: "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
- A list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO.
- synonyms: push-down list, push-down stack
- A large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated.
- synonyms: smokestack
- A storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO.
- synonyms: push-down storage, push-down store
verb
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Stack is a position which is focused on a particular delivery or expiration date. For example, a futures position which is comprised of 12 contracts all of which are established for December delivery. This compares to a Strip.
noun
- An adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose.
- usage: "enough is as good as a feast"; "there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country"
- synonyms: sufficiency
adjective
- Sufficient for the purpose.
- usage: "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough"
adverb
- As much as necessary.
- usage: "Have I eaten enough"; (`plenty' is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks"
- synonyms: plenty
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (n.) A sufficiency; a quantity which satisfies desire, is adequate to the want or is equal to the power or ability; as, he had enough to do take care of himself.
- (adv.) In a tolerable degree; -- used to express mere acceptableness or acquiescence, and implying a degree or quantity rather less than is desired; as, the song was well enough.
- (interj.) An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough.
- (a.) Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs.
- (adv.) In a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction; sufficiently.
- (adv.) Fully; quite; -- used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very; as, he is ready enough to embrace the offer.
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