Dictionary

stacker en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈstækɚ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

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.

Meanings

1. Any person or thing that stacks.
   • As behavioral scientists we are not good block stackers — we don't replicate enough or build systematically across knowledge bases. 1991, Joan H. Cantor, Charles C. Spiker, Lewis Paeff Lipsitt, Child Behavior and Development: Training for Diversity, page 168:
2. Any person or thing that stacks. ▸ A worker who stacks the shelves in a supermarket.
3. Any person or thing that stacks. ▸ A participant in sport stacking.
4. Any device allowing items to be stacked.
   • a spring-loaded plate stacker in a cafeteria
5. Any device allowing items to be stacked. ▸ An output bin in a document feeding or punch card machine (contrast with hopper).
6. (informal) A person who collects precious metal in the form of various small objects such as coins and bars.

Forms

Deriveds

stacker crane · nappy stacker · reach stacker · full-stacker · four-stacker · stacker crane problem · speed stacker · diaper stacker · shelf stacker

Translations (5)

es apilador (worker in supermarket) · es reponedor (worker in supermarket) · es apiladora (worker in supermarket) · es reponedora (worker in supermarket) · fr gerbeur (worker in supermarket)