stack of paper

collocation in English

meaningsofstackandpaper

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stack
noun[C]
uk
/stæk/
us
/stæk/
a pile of things arranged one on top ...
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paper
noun
uk
/ˈpeɪ.pər/
us
/ˈpeɪ.pɚ/
thin, flat material made from crushed wood or cloth, used for writing, printing, or ...
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(Definition ofstackandpaperfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This contains a full sheet of chemical indicator placed in the center of astackofpaper.
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The press head forced the cutting edge all the way through thestackofpaper.
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It was placed on astackofpaperwith the sharp edge against the paper.
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The first animations were created by plotting all still frames sequentially on astackofpaper, with motion transfer to 16-mm film for projection.
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A clean cut through a thickstackofpapercan not be made with a traditional inexpensive sickle-shaped hinged paper cutter.
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These layers are arranged on top of each other like astackofpaper, giving rise to the name "trilaminar", or three-layered.
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I finally wrote the last sentence ten months later, and a greatstackofpaperhad accumulated on the desk.
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The narrator, a writer before he was brought to the prison, has been meted a unique punishment: he must fill up astackofpaperwith words every day.
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The fastener is inserted into punched holes in thestackofpaperand the leaves, or tines, of the legs are separated and bent over to secure the paper.
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The preparation of the foundations of the book could mean the difference between a beautiful work of art and a uselessstackofpaperand leather.
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In this story, a couple receives as a wedding present astackofpapersheets relating what could have happened during their to-come life in common.
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They then seize two, much larger stacks of paper (approximately six inches tall each).
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Can you imagine the nightmare: stacks of paper, armies of translators, interpreters and legal advisers?
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One of the teachers' union conferences illustrated that with stacks and stacks of paper.
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I hope that this does not mean that we are going to buy stacks of paper at present prices and hold them on a falling market.
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Strings of various lengths are used to fasten stacks of paper of corresponding thickness and these are sometimes colour-coded by size.
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