stacker

See also: Stacker

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English stack

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English stacker

From stack + -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈstækɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ækə(ɹ)

Noun

stacker (plural stackers)

1. Any person or thing that stacks.
   • 1991, Joan H. Cantor, Charles C. Spiker, Lewis Paeff Lipsitt, Child Behavior and Development: Training for Diversity, page 168:

     As behavioral scientists we are not good block stackers — we don't replicate enough or build systematically across knowledge bases.

   1. A worker who stacks the shelves in a supermarket.
   2. A participant in sport stacking.
2. Any device allowing items to be stacked.

   a spring-loaded plate stacker in a cafeteria

   1. An output bin in a document feeding or punch card machine (contrast with hopper).
3. (informal) A person who collects precious metal in the form of various small objects such as coins and bars.

Derived terms

• diaper stacker
• four-stacker
• full-stacker
• nappy stacker
• reach stacker
• shelf stacker
• speed stacker
• stacker crane

Translations

output bin

worker in supermarket

• French: gerbeur (fr) m
• Spanish: reponedor m, reponedora f, apilador (es) m, apiladora (es) f

participant in sport stacking

Anagrams

• restack, rackets, Ackerts, tackers, retacks, rackest