pushdown
Describing a stack in which items are removed in a LIFO manner from the end at which…Describing a stack in which items are removed in a LIFO manner from the end at which they were added.
Meaning
2 senses(not comparable)Describing a stack in which items are removed in a LIFO manner from the end at which they were added.
(not comparable)Used by being pushed down.
Origin
From push + down; by analogy with a spring-loaded stack of plates in a cafeteria. DeverbaFrom push + down; by analogy with a spring-loaded stack of plates in a cafeteria.
Deverbal from push down.
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