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stacks

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stacks

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Because it is a word with a single syllable, stacks is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofstacks

1noun
  • (heading) A pile.
  • A smokestack.
  • (heading) In computing.
  • A generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.
  • A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.
  • (library) Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
  • A large amount of an object.

    Example: "They paid him a stack of money to keep quiet."

  • A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.
  • The amount of money a player has on the table.
  • (heading) In architecture.
  • A fall or crash, a prang.
  • A blend of various dietary supplements or anabolic steroids with supposed synergistic benefits.
  • A holding pattern, with aircraft circling one above the other as they wait to land.
  • The quantity of a given item which fills up an inventory slot or bag.

    Example: "I've got 107 Golden Branches, but the stack size is 20 so they're taking up 6 spaces in my inventory."

1verb
  • To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.

    Synonyms: "build up", "stack up"

    Example: "Please stack those chairs in the corner."

  • To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner.

    Example: "This is the third hand in a row where you've drawn four of a kind. Someone is stacking the deck!"

  • To take all the money another player currently has on the table.

    Example: "I won Jill's last $100 this hand; I stacked her!"

  • To deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).

    Synonyms: gerrymander

    Example: "The Government was accused of stacking the parliamentary committee."

  • To crash; to fall.

    Synonyms: smash, wreck

    Example: "Jim couldn′t make it today as he stacked his car on the weekend."

  • To operate cumulatively.

    Example: "A magical widget will double your mojo. And yes, they do stack: if you manage to get two magical widgets, your mojo will be quadrupled. With three, it will be octupled, and so forth."

  • To place (aircraft) into a holding pattern.
  • To collect precious metal in the form of various small objects such as coins and bars.

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