packing
Meaning
-
present participle and gerund of pack
Synonyms
packaging material
packing material
filling material
canned goods
loading material
gapfiller
pad ding
packing block
stuffing box gland
weighting material
filling piece
gasket material
picture compression
shim block
filler piece
spacer strip
backup plate
packing loaded stock
stuffing ring
image compression
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpakɪŋ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English pakkynge; equivalent to pack (“verb and noun senses”) + -ing.
New
pack
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- A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
- A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
- A multitude.
- A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
- A full set of playing cards
- The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.
- A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
- A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.
- A flock of knots.
- A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
- A group of Cub Scouts.
- A shook of cask staves.
- A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
- A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
- An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
- (slang) A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
- A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
- The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.
- The largest group of blockers from both teams skating in close proximity.
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