stapelen — meaning in English

English meaning

• nest noun A structure built by a bird (or other animal) to hold eggs and raise young.
• stack noun A pile of things placed neatly one on top of another.

Senses

stapelen is used for these senses in English:

• nest (transitive) To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on).
• pile up (transitive) To form a pile, stack, or heap.
• stack (transitive) To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.

nest — full definition

1. noun A structure built by a bird (or other animal) to hold eggs and raise young.
2. noun A cozy or secure home, or a hidden base for something (often negative), such as a gang's hideout.
3. verb To build or settle into a nest, or to fit smaller things inside larger ones.

stack — full definition

1. noun A pile of things placed neatly one on top of another.
2. noun In computing, a data structure where the last item added is the first one removed, or the memory area used for tracking function calls.
3. noun Informal: a large sum of money.
4. verb To arrange things in a pile, or to add something to an existing pile.

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