August 14, 2011 - Word of the Day: stack

These coins are stacked. There are several stacks of coins. Someone stacked the coins.

When things are arranged vertically, you can say they are stacked.

As a verb:

• The teacher stacked the books on a table.
• Please stack the dishes in the cabinet.
• A person who works in a warehouse organizes and stacks boxes.

As a noun:

• There's are several stacks of books on the tables.
• Put the dishes in a stack.
• He moved a stack of boxes with a forklift.

As an adjective:

• A pile of stacked books were too high and fell over.
• The dishes aren't stacked yet.

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