Definition

1. Noun:
   • Storage space in a library: An extensive arrangement of bookshelves where most of a library's books are stored.
   • A large number or amount: A great quantity of something; a lot.

Usage and Examples

• Noun (Library Storage):

  • The rare manuscript was retrieved from the closed stacks.
  • As a researcher, she spent hours in the library stacks.

• Noun (Large Amount):

  • There are stacks of paperwork on my desk to finish.
  • He has stacks of old vinyl records in his basement.

Advanced Usage

• "In the stacks": Referring to the area of a library with book storage shelves.
  • I got lost in the stacks while looking for that reference book.

Variants and Related Words

• Stack (noun): A neat pile of objects.
  • A stack of plates.
• Stack (verb): To arrange things in a stack.
  • Please stack the chairs after the meeting.

Synonyms

• Piles: Heaps or collections of things lying one on top of another.
• Heaps: Large, untidy piles of things.
• Loads: A lot of something (informal).

Related Phrases

• Stacks of: Used informally to mean "a lot of."
  • I've got stacks of time before the meeting.
• Have stacks to do: To have a lot of tasks to complete.
  • I can't go out tonight; I have stacks to do.

Noun

1. storage space in a library consisting of an extensive arrangement of bookshelves where most of the books are stored
2. a large number or amount
   • made lots of new friends
   • she amassed stacks of newspapers