American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition - n. A large, usually conical pile of straw or fodder
arranged for outdoor storage. - n. An orderly pile, especially
one arranged in layers. See Synonyms at heap. - n. Computer
Science A section of memory and its associated registers used
for temporary storage of information in which the item most
recently stored is the first to be retrieved. - n. A group of
three rifles supporting each other, butt downward and forming a
cone. - n. A chimney or flue. - n. A group of chimneys arranged
together. - n. A vertical exhaust pipe, as on a ship or
locomotive. - n. An extensive arrangement of bookshelves. Often
used in the plural. - n. The area of a library in which most of
the books are shelved. - n. A stackup. - n. An English measure
of coal or cut wood, equal to 108 cubic feet (3.06 cubic
meters). - n. Informal A large quantity: a stack of work to do.
- v. To arrange in a stack; pile. - v. To load or cover with
stacks or piles: stacked the dishwas