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stacked

stacked

2.7
Things that are in a neat pile one on top of another
  • adjective
  • /stækt/
translation icon : apilado
  • It's like pastry cups that are stacked on each other.

He later said he saw corpses stacked like cord wood.

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Examples

  • They make it all the way to the garage stacked like a Jenga puzzle.

  • Next up is tackling this bin of shoes stacked up way too high.

  • Then you have the stacked freezer here.

  • My house used to be stacked with supplements.

  • They're just stacked up like planes on the airport.

  • He keeps them all nicely stacked up on these shelves.

  • We've got two boxes stacked full of Kit Kats.

  • The books were neatly stacked on the shelf, making it easy to find what I needed.

  • After cleaning up, the dishes were stacked in the dishwasher, ready for the next load.

  • The boxes were stacked in the corner of the garage, waiting to be unpacked.

Synonyms

tiered
vsstacked
6 4.2

Having levels one above another, like seats or a cake

is used for a tight neat pile not stepped or leveled
layered
vsstacked
1 3.5

Having parts that lie on top of each other, like a cake

is a compact neat vertical pile rather than separate flat layers
to mounded
vsstacked
4.2

To make a small rounded pile

is a neat orderly vertical pile rather than a loose raised heap

Antonyms

1 3.6

Not in order and difficult to understand or use

Not in order and untidy after being moved

Compounds

stacked heel
  • Specialized
1 6.5

A shoe heel made from many thin layers of leather or other material

How Neat

organized
  • US
19 2.0
stacked
2.7
scattered
1 3.5

Surface Forms

stacked positive

Morphology

stacked = stack (transparent) = stack + ed

The adjective 'stacked' is clearly derived from the noun 'stack' with the addition of the past participle suffix '-ed', indicating an arrangement in a stack.

Etymology

Stacked comes from the simple word stack, which means a 'pile' of things. So to be stacked is to be 'piled up' or arranged one on top of another, like plates or boxes.