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noun / verb

stack

STAK/stæk/

A vertical accumulation of objects.

The folded towels sit in a neat, even stack.

Neat stack of folded towels.
Etymology
stackOld Norsehaystack

Stack comes from a Scandinavian word akin to Old Norse stakkr, “haystack.” Early English used it especially for piled grain, an agricultural image carried over to objects arranged in a pile.

In context

Nani Li Yang1:07
I got the desk from Ikea with the drawers on the side currently I have two stack of books on the desk one stack is the book I want to read
🖋🌼 My highly productive writing desk setup 🖥 🌼 writer's creative space【writing】| Nani

More examples

  • She takes a plate from the top of the stack.
  • We stack the books on the desk.
  • He stacked the boxes with the heaviest ones on the bottom.

Forms

stack · stacks · stacked · stacking

stackable adjective — Designed to fit one on top of another.

Similar words

pile
A general accumulation, not necessarily arranged neatly or vertically.
heap
Usually an untidy accumulation rather than an orderly vertical arrangement.