stacks

(heading) A pile.

A smokestack.

(heading) In computing.

A generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.

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

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

A large amount of an object.

“They paid him a stack of money to keep quiet.”

A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.

The amount of money a player has on the table.

(heading) In architecture.

A fall or crash, a prang.

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

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

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

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

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

“Please stack those chairs in the corner.”

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

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

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

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

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

“The Government was accused of stacking the parliamentary committee.”

To crash; to fall.

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

To operate cumulatively.

“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.”

To place (aircraft) into a holding pattern.

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