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noun

ˈstak How to pronounce stack (audio)
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as in loads
a considerable amount earned a stack of money for writing the screenplay

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as in pile
a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another a stack of playing cards

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verb

as in to pile
to lay or throw on top of one another stacked the split logs by the house

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Recent Examples of stack
Noun
Walking into the manufacturing side of the facility are stacks of sheet metal with punchouts. — Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2025 Inside the cozy house — adorned with a Saint Dolly Parton candle, a stack of board games, and various knickknacks — the songwriters relax in matching camo-print sweats. — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
The office is windowless, a little dusty, and filled with knickknacks and junk stacked above head height: an old barber’s chair, paintings, posters, neighborhood detritus. — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025 These necklaces and bracelets stand out in trendy colors and stone and/or woody finishes, and almost always stacked in sets of two or three pieces. — María Morillas, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stack
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stack
  1. pile
  2. ton
  3. dozen
  4. slew
  5. deal
  6. chunk
  7. bunch
  8. raft
Noun
  • In fact, could also very well be the difference between a pilot being greenlit or remaining lost in a pile of pitches, never to see the light of day.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 19 Mar. 2025
  • This requires us to go through the forest every year after harvest and create burn piles with all the fallen wood that is too small for firewood.
    — Gary Stoller, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of pile
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  • But a ton of talent should return, starting with guards Wesley Yates and Desmond Claude.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Under first-year coach Kevin Young, BYU has one of the best offenses in the country and has been playing with a ton of confidence.
    — CJ Moore, The Athletic, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of ton
Noun
  • He's written dozens of profiles of entrepreneurs across a variety of fields and done deep dives into technological trends from superconductors to space travel to pharmaceuticals.
    — Alex Knapp, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • There are also about 60 other bottles of various Pappy Van Winkle expressions, eight bottles of A.H. Hirsch bourbon, and dozens of bottles of Eagle Rare, Four Roses, George T. Stagg, and WhistlePig Boss Hog.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of dozen
Noun
  • Goldman Sachs says there’s a slew of stocks the firm likes that are well positioned in an uncertain macro environment.
    — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The exact circumstances surrounding the swan's death remain unclear, but a slew of social media post suggested its death may have been student-caused.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of slew
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  • The law is clear: any deal must eliminate Chinese influence and control over the app to ...
    — John Moolenaar, National Review, 18 Mar. 2025
  • That trip and a subsequent trade deal could dissipate the geopolitical headwinds.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of deal
Noun
  • Atlanta will be without Murphy, Acuña Jr., and Strider for a chunk of the 2025 season.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
  • What happens in Adolescence A large chunk of the first episode goes through the tedious procedures of entering the criminal justice system—the questioning, the fingerprints, walking up and down stairs to various rooms.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of chunk
Noun
  • Setting up a solar mirror has to be -- and in real life absolutely would be -- as interesting as fighting a bunch of orcs in a room.
    — Rob Wieland, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The series is about two sisters, but for the first half of the season, even by splitting the narrative into a bunch of flashbacks, Long Bright River can’t find a way to make that relationship rise to the surface.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of bunch
Noun
  • Under Trump's flip-flopping raft of tariffs, Washington placed a 10 percent tariff on Canadian energy, the major supplier to U.S. states hugging the northern border.
    — William Lambers, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Signs for how Beijing plans to address these challenges will also be closely watched, after a raft of policy adjustments since last summer were seen as falling short.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
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