Chimney vs. Stack

Chimneynoun

A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon or hydrocarbon based fuels); a flue.

Chimneynoun

The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.

Chimneynoun

(British) The smokestack of a steam locomotive.

Chimneynoun

A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.

Chimneyverb

(climbing) To negotiate a chimney (narrow vertical cave passage) by pushing against the sides with back, feet, hands, etc.

Chimneynoun

A fireplace or hearth.

Chimneynoun

That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft.

Chimneynoun

A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion.

Chimneynoun

A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein.

Chimneynoun

a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building

Chimneynoun

a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp

Chimney

A chimney is an architectural ventilation structure made of masonry, clay or metal that isolates hot toxic exhaust gases or smoke produced by a boiler, stove, furnace, incinerator or fireplace from human living areas. Chimneys are typically vertical, or as near as possible to vertical, to ensure that the gases flow smoothly, drawing air into the combustion in what is known as the stack, or chimney effect.

Stacknoun

(heading) A pile.

Stacknoun

A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.

Stacknoun

A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last.

Stacknoun

(UK) A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.

Stacknoun

A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (~3 m³)

Stacknoun

An extensive collection

Stacknoun

A smokestack.

Stacknoun

(heading) In digital computing.

Stacknoun

A linear data structure in which the last data item stored is the first retrieved; a LIFO queue.

Stacknoun

A portion of computer memory occupied by a stack data structure, particularly (the stack) that portion of main memory manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions.

Stacknoun

A standard set of software components commonly used together on a system – for example, the combination of an operating system, web server, database and programming language.

Stacknoun

(math) A generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.

Stacknoun

(geology) A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.

Stacknoun

(library) Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.

Stacknoun

(figuratively) A large amount of an object.

Stacknoun

(military) A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.

Stacknoun

(poker) The amount of money a player has on the table.

Stacknoun

(heading) In architecture.

Stacknoun

A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof.

Stacknoun

A vertical drainpipe.

Stacknoun

A fall or crash, a prang.

Stacknoun

(bodybuilding) A blend of various dietary supplements or anabolic steroids with supposed synergistic benefits.

Stackverb

(transitive) To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.

Stackverb

To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner.

Stackverb

To take all the money another player currently has on the table.

Stackverb

(transitive) To deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).

Stackverb

To crash; to fall.

Stacknoun

A large and to some degree orderly pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch.

Stacknoun

An orderly pile of any type of object, indefinite in quantity; - used especially of piles of wood. A stack is usually more orderly than a pile

Stacknoun

A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet.

Stacknoun

A large quantity; as, a stack of cash.

Stacknoun

A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof.

Stacknoun

A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved.

Stacknoun

The section of a library containing shelves which hold books less frequently requested.

Stackverb

To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood.

Stackverb

To place in a vertical arrangement so that each item in a pile is resting on top of another item in the pile, except for the bottom item; as, to stack the papers neatly on the desk; to stack the bricks.

Stackverb

To select or arrange dishonestly so as to achieve an unfair advantage; as, to stack a deck of cards; to stack a jury with persons prejudiced against the defendant.

Stacknoun

an orderly pile

Stacknoun

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;

Stacknoun

a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)

Stacknoun

a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated

Stacknoun

a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)

Stackverb

load or cover with stacks;

Stackverb

arrange in stacks;

Stackverb

arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances;