stacker

Any person or thing that stacks.

Noun

  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...
    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. A person who collects precious metal in the form of various small objects such as coins and bars.

Origin

Etymology tree English stack Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English stacker From stack + -er.

Forms

stackers

Derived

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