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

“If you’re not stacking all these methods, you’re leaving money behind,” De Haan said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 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

The researchers add that future versions of the technology could involve stacking or combining multiple metasurfaces, each optimized slightly differently, to work efficiently across a wider range of wavelengths.

From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2026

The men spent that first day digging foxholes, filling and stacking sandbags to protect their positions.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin