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Antonyms for stack

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : stak
Phonetic Transcription : stæk


Definition of stack

Origin :
  • c.1300, "pile, heap, or group of things," from Old Norse stakkr "haystack" (cf. Danish stak, Swedish stack "heap, stack"), from Proto-Germanic *stakkoz, from PIE *stognos- (cf. Old Church Slavonic stogu "heap," Russian stog "haystack," Lithuanian stokas "pillar"), from root *steg- "pole, stick" (see stake (n.)). Meaning "set of shelves on which books are set out" is from 1879. Used of the chimneys of factories, locomotives, etc., since 1825.
  • noun pile
  • verb pile up
Example sentences :
  • Or, you goin' to get her a stack of every colour and let her play with you?
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • "That's quite a stack of chips you're carrying," Sperry observed.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • "I have got to the corner of the stack, and as well as I can judge you must be just round it," he said.
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
  • You'll have to send Andrew to build up the stack again—that's all.
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
  • Owens leapt from the stack, and the men caught up their guns.
  • Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
  • The wire can be fastened on the stack by drilling a tiny hole through the stack.
  • Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
  • "There's a big one on the stack at Coledale," answered another.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • Ted hesitated, and then turned to a stack of larger canvases.
  • Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
  • Back home we used to stack the wheat to let it sweat and harden.
  • Extract from : « The Flockmaster of Poison Creek » by George W. Ogden
  • It was in the shape of a stack of boxes of fire-crackers, and Jed was gazing at it.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, August 31, 1880 » by Various

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