short stack
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3.5
- noun
- /ʃɔrt stæk/
- US
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porción pequeña
- He enjoyed a short stack of pancakes accompanied by fresh berries and cream.
- a short stack of pancakes
- a short stack of blueberry
- coffee and a short stack
Examples
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For breakfast, she ordered a short stack of fluffy buttermilk pancakes.
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A short stack.
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How about that short stack of pancakes?
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Hey, can I get a farmer's daughter short stack and bacon, well done.
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How was that short stack, Laverne?
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No, it's this short stack, short stack, come in and he goes, put some syrup in the cup.
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He ordered coffee and a doughnut, but Bessie had the short stack and took her time over her coffee.
Fiction book (1999) -
Or that that woman eats a short-stack of blueberry pancakes every morning without syrup?
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I would like a short stack of pancakes with maple syrup on top.
Synonyms
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1.0
A pile of things placed one on top of another
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a small stack' is directly derived from combining 'short' (small in size or height) with 'stack' (a pile), following a straightforward adjective+noun compositional pattern. This construction is cross-linguistically common and the diner sense (a small serving of pancakes) is a predictable extension, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrase short stack comes from American diners where pancakes are served in a stack, and a short stack is just a small pile of pancakes. That's why it now means 'a small serving' or 'a small pile' of things.