Collocations for "stack"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "stack" in context.
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stack
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- a stack of [paperwork, homework] this high (to get through)
- gave me a stack of [paperwork] (this high) to do
- a stack of [paperwork] to get through
- was a stack of books on the [table, shelf]
- [knocked, tipped] over the stack
- [knocked] the stack over
- stacks all over the [table, floor]
- a [tall, teetering] stack (of)
- a [teetering] stack of [dishes, plates]
- a stack of mail came for you today
- there's a stack of mail for you today
- pile the [mail, clothes, dishes] into a stack
- pile them into stacks of [ten]
- take a card from the stack
- stack [boxes, dishes, the glasses]
- stack [boxes] on the [shelf, rack]
- stack up [books, folders] against the wall
- stack [them] up in [piles, sections, order]
- [they] won't stack
- stack suitcases [on the roofrack, in the trunk]
- stack [an office, a desk, a room] high with files
- (work) stacking shelves (in the supermarket)
- stack [a jury, the odds, the deck]
- the [jury] was stacked [with, against]
'stack' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):