stackableadj.
/ˈstakəb(ə)l/ Able to be stacked or piled up: esp. of chairs and other furniture.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [adjective] > types of furniture generally
standing1444
plush1615
Queen Elizabeth1673
occasional1749
Adametic1774
French-polished1836
upholstered1837
Adamish1838
Chippendale1855
Queen Anne1863
knock-down1875
Wellington chest1880
Adamesque1881
Sheraton1883
Hepplewhite1897
quaint1897
bombé1904
lowboy1915
Jacobean1918
overstuffed1922
spool1928
Williamsburg1931
thermed1952
stackable1958
Scandinavian1959
wall-to-wall1959
Populuxe1986
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > collecting into one mass or body > accumulated > stacked > able to be stacked
stackable1958
1958 Archit. Rev. 123 255 (caption) The chairs are stackable.
1960 House & Garden Oct. 80/2 Stackable Italian table..for use in large works canteens.
1973 J. Elsom Erotic Theatre x. 209 Surrounded by a Brighton beach of stackable chairs.
1977 Design Engin. July 41/1 Stackable valves often introduce unacceptable pressure losses and fault finding often means dismantling the whole stack.
Derivatives
stackaˈbility n.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > composite collectiveness > accumulation > stacking > ability to be stacked
stackability1969
1969 Jane's Freight Containers 1968–9 490/3 Stackability... When the ends are folded down, five stacked together stand 8 ft high.
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adj.1958