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# stack

noun (a stack, stacks); verb (stack, stacks, stacked, stacking)

«stack» in the English dictionary: everyday and Meaning — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A stack is a neat pile of things one on top of another. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stack/#m1)
2. To stack is to make such a pile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stack/#m2)
3. Stacks of something means a lot of it (informal): «stacks of homework». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stack/#m3)
4. A stack is also a tall chimney. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stack/#m4)

### In the lessons

equal piles: things in each stack × stacks; in everyday life: stack the chairs at the end of the day, a stack of pancakes, stack the dishwasher; in maths: stacking cubes to build towers and count them; phrases: «a stack of», «stack up» (pile up, or compare)

### Examples

- There are 5 stacks of 10 plates. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stack/#x1)
- She stacks 24 books in 3 stacks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stack/#x2)
- Each stack has 12 boxes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stack/#x3)
- How tall is a stack of 8 cups? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stack/#x4)
- Please stack your chairs before you go home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stack/#x5)
- He ate a stack of pancakes with syrup. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stack/#x6)
- We stacked cubes into a tower of 10. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stack/#x7)
- I have stacks of homework tonight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stack/#x8)
- How does our team stack up against theirs? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stack/#x9)
- Then he hastily stepped behind the wood stack, and waited for what might happen next. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stack/#x10)

### Note

Equal groups: multiply or divide. Height of a stack = number of things × height of one (if they do not fit inside each other). Trap: cups that nest inside each other add less than their full height each.

## Meaning

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stack» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stack/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stack» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stack.html) on Mova free.