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1 stack
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1. noun1) (a large, usually neatly shaped, pile eg of hay, straw, wood etc: a haystack.)2) (a set of shelves for books eg in a library.)
2. verb(to arrange in a large, usually neat, pile: Stack the books up against the wall.)stack1 n montón / pilastack2 vb amontonar / apilartr[stæk]1 (pile, heap) montón nombre masculino, pila2 (of grass, grain, etc) almiar nombre masculino3 (chimney) cañón de chimenea2 familiar (in cards) arreglar■ you stacked the cards! ¡has arreglado la baraja!1 (in library) estanterías nombre femenino plural\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be stacked with something estar lleno,-a de algoto have the cards/odds stacked against somebody serle las circunstancias desfavorables a alguien, estar todo en contra de alguienstack system equipo de músicastack ['stæk] vt1) pile: amontonar, apilar2) cover: cubrir, llenarhe stacked the table with books: cubrió la mesa de librosstack n1) pile: montón m, pila f2) smokestack: chimenea fn.• hacina s.f.• mazo s.m.• montón s.m.• niara s.f.• pabellón s.m.• pabellón de fusiles s.m.• pila s.f.v.• amontonar v.• apilar v.• hacinar v.
I stæk1)a) ( pile) montón m, pila fb) (many, much) (colloq) (often pl) montón m (fam), pila f (AmS fam)I've got stacks o a stack of homework — tengo montones or un montón de deberes
2) ( chimney stack) (cañón m de) chimenea f
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1) stack (up) ( pile up) amontonar, apilar2) ( prearrange)[stæk]the cards o odds are stacked against them — las circunstancias les son desfavorables, llevan las de perder
1. N1) * (=pile) montón m, pila fthere were stacks of books on the table — había montones or pilas de libros sobre la mesa
2) stacks* (=lots)I have stacks of work to do — tengo un montón * or una gran cantidad de trabajo
3) (=section in library) estantería f ; (=book stack) estantería f de libros4) (Agr) almiar m, hacina f5) (Mil) pabellón m de fusiles6) [of chimney] cañón m de chimenea, fuste m de chimenea2. VT1) (=pile up) amontonar, apilar2)(well) stacked — (US) ** [woman] bien formada, muy buena *
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I [stæk]1)a) ( pile) montón m, pila fb) (many, much) (colloq) (often pl) montón m (fam), pila f (AmS fam)I've got stacks o a stack of homework — tengo montones or un montón de deberes
2) ( chimney stack) (cañón m de) chimenea f
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1) stack (up) ( pile up) amontonar, apilar2) ( prearrange)the cards o odds are stacked against them — las circunstancias les son desfavorables, llevan las de perder
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stack — I. noun Etymology: Middle English stak, from Old Norse stakkr; akin to Russian stog stack and probably to Old English staca stake Date: 14th century 1. a large usually conical pile (as of hay, straw, or grain in the sheaf) left standing in the… … New Collegiate Dictionary
