Lexic.us

Definition of Stacks

1. Noun. A large number or amount. "She amassed stacks of newspapers"

2. Noun. Storage space in a library consisting of an extensive arrangement of bookshelves where most of the books are stored.

Definition of Stacks

1. Noun. (plural of stack) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of stack) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stacks

1. stack [v] - See also: stack

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stacks

stackback stackbacks stacked stacked(p) stacked heel stacked modal stacker stackers stacket stackets

stackframe stackframes stacking stackings stackless stacks (current term) stackstand stackstands stackup stackups

stackyard stackyards stacte stactes stactometer stadda staddas staddle staddle stone staddle stones

Literary usage of Stacks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"Soil and vent stacks in frame buildings are generally made of cast iron, ... Soil stacks should always be accompanied by vent stacks, which should run ..."

2. Steam, Its Generation and Use by Babcock & Wilcox Company (1913)
"It follows that among the various stacks that would meet the ... It has been determined from the relation of the cost of stacks to their diameters and ..."

3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1906)
"There were two sizes of lumber in the car, and when taken out the lumber had been separated and the two sizes had been placed in different stacks. ..."

4. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"Guyed Steel stacks. — Guyed steel stacks are designed to act as beams spanning ... In the case of some guyed steel stacks the ladder is omitted but a pulley ..."

5. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"Guyed Steel stacks.—Guyed steel stacks are designed to act as beams spanning ... In the case of some guyed steel stacks the ladder is omitted but a pulley ..."

6. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1910)
"Guyed sheet-iron or steel chimneys or stacks held in position by guy wires are employed in ... The small short stacks are ordinarily riveted in the shop, ..."

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