stacks n 1: a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed a mountain of newspapers" [syn: {tons}, {dozens}, {heaps}, {lots}, {mountain}, {piles}, {scores}, {loads}, {rafts}, {slews}, {wads}, {oodles}, {gobs}, {scads}, {lashings}] 2: storage space consisting of an extensive arrangement of bookshelves in a library where most of the books are stored [syn: {set of bookshelves}]