stack

Arranged atop another

A stack is an orderly pile, typically higher than it is wide.

A tall chimney can be called a stack or smokestack.

In computing, the stack is the part of memory where new things are added on top of the last thing put there.

If you blow your stack, you lose your temper.

To stack items is to put them in a stack.

Stacking chairs are designed to be stacked up when stored.

If something is stacked against you, you are at a disadvantage.

pile

heap

Jumbled collection of items

compost · firewood · kindling · debris · rubble · leaves · mulch · brush · clippings · sawdust

computing

overflow

Exceed capacity and spill

  • memoryMind's retention capacity
  • heapJumbled collection of items
  • pointerReference to memory location

array · queue · push · pop · LIFO · recursion · buffer · allocation · framework · software

chimney

flue

Chimney's inner passage

chimney · emissions · ventilation · duct · pipe · furnace · boiler · steam · smelter · pollution

pancakes

syrup

Thick sugar liquid

griddle · maple · batter · fluffy · buttermilk · shortstack · blueberry · breakfast · brunch · IHOP

collection

hoard

Hidden accumulated valuables

backlog · supply · store · trove · fund · accumulation · surplus · repository · stash · holdings

arrangement

layered

Having multiple levels

organized · sequential · sorted · shelved · ordered · cataloged · indexed · vertical · columns · rows

library

books

Bound written works

archives · volumes · tomes · catalog · periodicals · circulation · reference · bookshelf · reshelving · aisle

Categories
Opposites
arrangement/organization

stackscatter

Distribute in random directions

scattered · strewn · dispersed · spread · disarray

quantity/accumulation

stackspeck

Minute visible particle

bit · smidgen · mite · dram · pinch

ACTION (verb: to stack)

stackunstack

Remove from atop others

scatter · disperse · unpile · spread out · spread

Phrases
Family

stacks, stacked, haystack, stacking, smokestack, stackable, unstacked, stack the deck, stacker

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