Stack /(stăk)/

1. A large and to some degree orderly 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.

   But corn was housed, and beans were in the stack.

2. An orderly pile of any type of object, indefinite in quantity; -- used especially of piles of wood. A stack is usually more orderly than a pile

   Against every pillar was a stack of billets above a man's height.

3. A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. [Eng.]
4. A large quantity; as, a stack of cash. [Informal]
5. A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. (Arch.)
6. A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved. (Computer programming)
7. The section of a library containing shelves which hold books less frequently requested.

imp. & p. p. Stacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Stacking

1. 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.
2. To place in a vertical arrangement so that each item in a pile is resting on top of another item in the pile, except for the bottom item; as, to stack the papers neatly on the desk; to stack the bricks.
3. To select or arrange dishonestly so as to achieve an unfair advantage; as, to stack a deck of cards; to stack a jury with persons prejudiced against the defendant.