stacking

British  

/ ˈstækɪŋ /

noun

1. the arrangement of aircraft traffic in busy flight lanes, esp while waiting to land at an airport, with a minimum vertical separation for safety of 1000 feet below 29 000 feet and 2000 feet above 29 000 feet

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Example Sentences

Jacobs and Carter had spent days stacking wigs onto more wigs, playing with cartoonishly large shapes from head to toe, trying to see what beauty and accessories might look best with the collections’ oversized garments.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

Other topics we look at include supplement stacking, the unmasking of street artist Bansky and common tax-filing missteps to avoid.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

“This is leading to a situation where the vast majority of all new capacity will be fully allocated to HBM,” Arcuri said, referring to high-bandwidth memory that is made by stacking DRAM.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

Andrew's rule for stacking the dishwasher is - if you eat from it, put it in the lower rack, if you drink from it, place it in the upper rack.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

She wanted more letters stacking up in Postal Box Number 898 that said, “Nothing is the same without you” and “Please come home soon.”

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye