stacker

Meanings

1. 1nouncountable

   A person or machine that arranges things into neat piles or stacks.

   Grammar: Countable noun: one stacker, two stackers. Often used with 'a' or 'the'.

   Patterns

   • a stacker of something
   • work as a stacker

   The warehouse hired a stacker to organize the boxes.

   This machine is a stacker that lifts pallets onto shelves.

   He works as a stacker in a supermarket, building displays of cans.

2. 2nouncountabletechnical

   A piece of equipment or a vehicle used for lifting and piling goods, especially in warehouses.

   Grammar: Countable noun: often used with 'a' or 'the'. Common in industrial contexts.

   Patterns

   • use a stacker
   • operate a stacker

   The forklift is also called a stacker in some factories.

   We need a new stacker to move these heavy crates.

   He drove the stacker carefully between the rows of shelves.

Word forms

Common combinations

brick stacker

The brick stacker arranged the bricks in perfect rows.

hay stacker

The farmer used a hay stacker to build the hayrick.

pallet stacker

A pallet stacker can lift two pallets at once.

stacker truck

The stacker truck is smaller than a forklift.

Synonyms and how they differ

piler

Less common and often means a person who piles things, while stacker can also be a machine.

forklift

A specific type of stacker that has forks; stacker is a broader term for any stacking device.

Word family

stack noun

A neat pile of things.

stack verb

To arrange things in a pile.

Commonly confused: stacker or stocker?

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