Word Finder - stack

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(heading) A pile.

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A smokestack.

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(heading) In computing.

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A generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.

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A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.

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(library) Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.

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A large amount of an object.

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They paid him a stack of money to keep quiet.

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A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.

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The amount of money a player has on the table.

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(heading) In architecture.

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A fall or crash, a prang.

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A blend of various dietary supplements or anabolic steroids with supposed synergistic benefits.

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A holding pattern, with aircraft circling one above the other as they wait to land.

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The quantity of a given item which fills up an inventory slot or bag.

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

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To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.

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Please stack those chairs in the corner.

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• build up
• stack up

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To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner.

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This is the third hand in a row where you've drawn four of a kind. Someone is stacking the deck!

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To take all the money another player currently has on the table.

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I won Jill's last $100 this hand; I stacked her!

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To deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).

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The Government was accused of stacking the parliamentary committee.

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• gerrymander

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To crash; to fall.

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Jim couldn′t make it today as he stacked his car on the weekend.

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• smash
• wreck

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To operate cumulatively.

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A magical widget will double your mojo. And yes, they do stack: if you manage to get two magical widgets, your mojo will be quadrupled. With three, it will be octupled, and so forth.

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To place (aircraft) into a holding pattern.

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To collect precious metal in the form of various small objects such as coins and bars.

Mary added another plate to the stack.

There's a dryer and a stack of towels next to the shower.

A stack of books rested in front of her and she sipped a cup of black coffee.

The smell of alfalfa came from a stack of hay in the corner.

He stood near the windows and had in his arms a stack of clothing.

The dates a motor home made the trip in and out stack up perfectly.

These machines cut, thresh and stack the grain at the rate of 1600 sacks a day, and cover an area in that time of 100 acres.

A stack of file folders was neatly arranged on one side, while a half-dozen pens, all facing in the same direction, were perfectly centered on the desk blotter.

Gather a stack of possible stores and take the flyers with you so that you know where the deals are.

Once finished, remove the wet or dirty paper and replace it with a new stack.

Check out tracks like Stack O' Lee, Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me, I'm Satisfied and Boys, You're Welcome for an introduction to his marvelous talents.

The Marshall stack may be more synonymous with rock and roll, but rock guitar players also use amps from Fender.

Scour the racks and stack up everything you like - you can take your time when you're in the fitting room.

Stack two pieces of heavy-duty foil and layer them on top of each other.

Instead, try a stack of fluffy white bath towels and stow the rest of the towel set out of sight.

Make three or four layers, let them all cool, and stack them on top of one another with buttercream, curd, fruit compote, whipped cream, or another tasty frosting in between.

So how do some of the top celebrities stack up when it comes to their weights?

Stack the odds in your favor by checking out what other customers have to say about the site, or do a quick online search to see if there are any complaints against the company.

Your job is to keep the stack of blocks down to a minimum.

For example, if at the end of the round you have a stack of blocks that's three rows high, you'll get points for every row but those three rows.

Some of the cubes stack, and if you utilize a stack correctly and cause a falling cube to become part of another chain, that is called a "Cubis", and you get bonus points.

How does it stack up against today's contenders?

You get a stack of play money, you sit down at a table full of other players who're just experimenting, and you go at it.

In a room filled with Floods, jump on top of a stack of crates.

You can get a good stack of references, if you've done well for your teachers.

All you have to do is "stack" these multipliers together, exploiting the 4x, 6x, 8x, and ultimately the 10x multiplier.

This is not your older sister's Tetris game; squares of four blocks have never been so challenging to stack on screen.

All you do all day long is stack and restack boxes, but unlike real life in Lumines all of the boxes are perfectly square; however grouping squares of the same types of colors and patterns can be tricky.

So how does GameznFlix stack up in comparison to similar rental services?

Create lines of two or more to shove the stack of blocks into your rival's area.

Push the stack over your opponent's line marker and you win!

Rather than moving blocks to complete lines, players control a core of shapes and must maneuver to catch falling Tetriminos to keep the stack at a minimum.

Rather than twisting falling blocks or swapping colored stones you control Toad who must manually lift and stack monsters with like-colored bombs to get rid of them.

If a Wedge Cube hits a stack of three, it turns into a regular cube beside the stack instead of pushing the stack up.

Once they push a stack upward or hit a stack they can't lift up, Wedge Cubes turn into regular cubes.

If the cube in question is the bottom cube of a stack three cubes high, the Morph Cube just changes its color.

Essentially, Morph Cubes create a stack of two cubes of the same color, making it very easy to use them to make groups of three.

How does it stack up against the competition?

Their play with blocks is more elaborate and purposeful than that of infants, and they can stack as many as six blocks.

These toys help children learn what items can fit on top of each other and which ones will stack easily.

Place books horizontally in a stack with the binding facing outward or so the straight edges and the corners are facing toward the ceiling and floor.

You can set plants either on the bookshelves or on top of a small stack of books.

If you don't like the traditional feng shui crystals, consider buying a few crystal figurines to place on top of a stack of books that are lying horizontally or next to a row of vertically placed books.

It's easy to think of clutter as being a stack of old newspapers gathering dust and creating a fire hazard, but clutter goes beyond the obvious.

So, while you look for next week's stack of books, your child can play (and learn) on the computer.

If you're wondering how these children stack up against peers in a traditional environment, the following statistics will show where and how they succeed.

You will need to create a stack of cards with words on them, which you can print on your computer or create on a stack of small index cards.

Your storage system can be as simple as a stack of labeled boxes.

Stack the pieces together, and take tacking stitches at each corner to secure them.

Slip the entire stack into the dog bed case.