stack
English
/stæk/
noun
Definitions
- (heading) A pile.
- A smokestack.
- (heading) In computing.
- (math) A generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.
- (geology) A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.
- (library) Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
- (figuratively) A large amount of an object.
- (military) A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.
- (poker) The amount of money a player has on the table.
- (heading) In architecture.
- (Australia) A fall or crash, a prang.
- (bodybuilding) A blend of various dietary supplements or anabolic steroids with supposed synergistic benefits.
- (aviation) A holding pattern, with aircraft circling one above the other as they wait to land.
- (video games) The quantity of a given item which fills up an inventory slot or bag.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English stack derived from Old Norse stakkr (heap, hay stack, haystack, pile, rick, stack, a short garment, a barn, barn, doublet) derived from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz (haystack, rick, a barn, barn, a short jacket) derived from Proto-Indo-European *steg- (stick, stake, rod, pole).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*steg-
Gloss
stick, stake, rod, pole
Concept
Semantic Field
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Kanji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- back English
- book English
- bookstack English
- double English
- doublestack English
- downstack English
- dry English
- drystack English
- hay English
- haystack English
- interstack English
- ministack English
- multistack English
- nonstackable English
- overstack English
- piezostack English
- prestack English
- restack English
- room English
- sauna English
- smoke English
- smokestack English
- stackability English
- stackable English
- stackably English
- stackage English
- stackback English
- stacker English
- stacketh English
- stackless English
- stacklessness English
- stackroom English
- stackstand English
- stackup English
- stacky English
- stackyard English
- stand English
- substack English
- superstack English
- unstack English
- unstackable English
- up English
- upstack English
- wheat English
- wheatstack English
- yard English
- avotakka Finnish
- joulusauna Finnish
- kalasauna Finnish
- lauantaisauna Finnish
- leirisauna Finnish
- maasauna Finnish
- mallassauna Finnish
- niittysauna Finnish
- puusauna Finnish
- rantasauna Finnish
- sauna Finnish
- saunaharja Finnish
- saunakukka Finnish
- saunamaija Finnish
- saunamakkara Finnish
- saunapalo Finnish
- saunapalvikinkku Finnish
- saunapata Finnish
- saunapirtti Finnish
- saunapolku Finnish
- saunapuut Finnish
- saunaranta Finnish
- saunasieni Finnish
- saunatakki Finnish
- saunatie Finnish
- saunatonttu Finnish
- saunavasta Finnish
- saunio Finnish
- saunoa Finnish
- savusauna Finnish
- selkäsauna Finnish
- sähkösauna Finnish
- takallinen Finnish
- takka Finnish
- takkahuone Finnish
- takkasydän Finnish
- takkatikku Finnish
- takkatuli Finnish
- takkauuni Finnish
- turpasauna Finnish
- vesivaippatakka Finnish
- contigno Latin
- tignum Latin
- Sauna German
- szauna Hungarian
- sauna Dutch, Flemish
- сауна Russian
- стакер Russian
- sauna Spanish, Castilian
- στέγω Ancient Greek
- *(s)teg- Proto-Indo-European
- *steg- Proto-Indo-European
- *stakkaz Proto-Germanic
- *stakô Proto-Germanic
- *sāpnaz Proto-Germanic
- höstack Swedish
- stack Swedish
- stakka Swedish
- サウナ Japanese
- sauna Polish
- stakk Norwegian Nynorsk
- haystak Middle English
- stack Middle English
- stak Middle English
- stakkr Old Norse
- høstak Danish
- stak Danish
- *stogъ Proto-Slavic
- sauna Czech
- sauna Serbo-Croatian
- sauna Catalan, Valencian
- stakkur Icelandic
- σάουνα Greek (modern)
- sauna Faroese
- stakkur Faroese
- saun Estonian
- *sakna Proto-Finnic
- sauna Slovak
- *tegnom Proto-Italic
- *stakka Frankish
- sauna Votic
- up
- hay
- dry
- yard
- room
- back
- book
- stand
- sauna
- smoke
- wheat
- double
- stacky
- restack
- stackup
- stacker
- upstack
- unstack
- prestack
- stackage
- haystack
- substack
- stacketh
- drystack
- stackless
- stackroom
- stackyard
- overstack
- stackback
- stackably
- stackable
- bookstack
- downstack
- ministack
- piezostack
- superstack
- interstack
- smokestack
- stackstand
- multistack
- wheatstack
- doublestack
- unstackable
- stackability
- nonstackable
- stacklessness