the Fourth Week of Advent
Click here to learn more!
Bible Dictionaries
Stack
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(a.) Any single insulated and prominent structure, or upright pipe, which affords a conduit for smoke; as, the brick smokestack of a factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel.
(2):
(a.) A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. Hence:
(3):
(a.) A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet.
(4):
(a.) A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved.
(5):
(a.) A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
(6):
(a.) A data structure within random-access memory used to simulate a hardware stack; as, a push-down stack.
(7):
(a.) A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch.
(8):
(n.) To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood.
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Stack'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/stack.html. 1828.
