stack

Noun

• a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)

• a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated

• a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
  • a batch of letters
    
  • a deal of trouble
    
  • a lot of money
    
  • he made a mint on the stock market
    
  • see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
    
  • it must have cost plenty
    
  • a slew of journalists
    
  • a wad of money
    

• an orderly pile

Verb

• arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances
  • stack the deck of cards
    

• arrange in stacks
  • heap firewood around the fireplace
    
  • stack your books up on the shelves
    

• load or cover with stacks
  • stack a truck with boxes
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  push-down storage , push-down store , smokestack , push-down list , push-down stack , batch , pile , heap