stacker

See also: Stacker

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English stack
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-os?
Proto-Indo-European *-o-
Proto-Indo-European *-so-
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós
Proto-Italic *-āsijos
Proto-Italic *-āsios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
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Latin -ārius
Old French -ierbor.
Middle English -er
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.

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