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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.
  • A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
  • A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last.
  • A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (~3 m³)
  • architecture A vertical drain pipe.
  • A smokestack.
  • Australian slang A fall or crash, a prang.
  • computing A linear data structure in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved; a LIFO queue.
  • computing A portion of computer memory occupied by a '''stack''' data structure, particularly ('''the stack''') that portion of main memory manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions.
  • library Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
  • figurative A large amount of an object.
  • geology A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.
  • military A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.
  • poker The amount of money a player has on the table.

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Verb:

  • transitive Australian slang To fall or crash.
  • transitive card games To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner.
  • transitive poker To take all the money another player currently has on the table.
  • transitive To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.
  • transitive To deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).

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