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stacker

stacker

3 4.9
A person or machine that puts boxes into neat piles
  • noun
  • /ˈstækər/
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  • At the supermarket, the stacker organized the shelves with fresh products.

My name is Brian Berg, and I'm a professional card stacker.

Examples

  • The stacker arranged the boxes neatly in the warehouse.

  • This is done with a radial stacker, which pivots around the outfeed of the tub grinder, keeping handling to a minimum.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Basically, pure and simple terms, a shelf stacker.

  • Guess I'll just occupy my time with the stacker machine outside the store until it opens.

    Blog text (13)
  • We're having trouble with the R3s and the stackers.

  • A box stacker who's not stacking boxes.

  • At 26m, the stacker truck is the longest load in the convoy.

  • Both of these parking garages would be attended-park facilities and would employ car stackers.

    Blog text (13)
  • With his stacker, gantry, ladder and superstructure removed, all that's left is the hull.

  • A skilled stacker can quickly pile heavy crates for shipping.

Synonyms

palletizer
vsstacker
  • Specialized
7.2

A machine or person who stacks boxes on pallets for storage and transport

is used more broadly for stacking different kinds of items
stacker crane
vsstacker
  • Specialized
8.2

A machine in a warehouse that lifts and moves pallets under computer control

focuses on manual or general stacking rather than automated retrieval
stockpiler
vsstacker
  • Specialized
7.5

A machine that stacks large piles of loose materials like coal

is for arranging items in stacks rather than making huge bulk piles
boxman
vsstacker
5.9

A worker who packs and moves boxes in a warehouse

can be a machine or person and applies beyond box handling

Compounds

stacker crane
  • Specialized
8.2

A machine in a warehouse that lifts and moves pallets under computer control

How Big

stockpiler
  • Specialized
7.5
stacker
3 4.9

Surface Forms

stacker singular
stackers plural

Morphology

stacker = stack (transparent) = stack + er

The word 'stacker' is transparently derived from the verb 'stack' with the addition of the agentive suffix '-er', indicating a person or thing that performs the action.

Etymology

The word stacker comes from the verb stack ('to pile') and the agent ending -er ('one who does'). So a stacker is simply a person or a machine that arranges or piles things into neat stacks.