Examples of “stack” in a Sentence

noun A pile of things placed neatly one on top of another.

• A tall stack of books leaned dangerously on the edge of her desk.
• He balanced a stack of plates on one arm.
• There's a stack of unread mail on the counter.

noun In computing, a data structure where the last item added is the first one removed, or the memory area used for tracking function calls.

• The programmer pushed the number onto the stack, then popped it off.
• The program crashed with a stack overflow error.
• Each function call pushes a new frame onto the stack.

noun Informal: a large sum of money.

• He must have stacks saved up after years of working abroad.
• They spent a stack on the wedding, though nobody knew exactly how much.
• She made stacks of cash flipping houses.

verb To arrange things in a pile, or to add something to an existing pile.

• She stacked the folded towels neatly on the top shelf of the cupboard.
• Stack the chairs against the wall after the meeting.
• They stacked sandbags along the riverbank.