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stacks

The correct spelling is stacks.

How to pronounce stacks

noun

Say it like: Sta-ks

The correct spelling is stacks. (heading) A pile. For example: "They paid him a stack of money to keep quiet."

Usage Examples

They paid him a stack of money to keep quiet.

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

Please stack those chairs in the corner.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.(heading) A pile.
  2. 2.A smokestack.
  3. 3.(heading) In computing.
  4. 4.A generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.
  5. 5.A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.

verb

  1. 1.To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.
  2. 2.To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner.
  3. 3.To take all the money another player currently has on the table.
  4. 4.To deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).
  5. 5.To crash; to fall.

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