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packing
[ pak-ing ]
noun
- an act or instance of transporting supplies, goods, etc., on the backs of horses, mules, or persons.
- material, often in the form of a grease-impregnated fibrous ring, compressed inside a stuffing box or the like to prevent leakage around the moving shaft of an engine, pump, or valve.
- Printing. rubber, paper, or other material fastened to the tympan or cylinder of a press to provide pressure to produce a printed impression.
packing
/ ˈæɪŋ /
noun
- material used to cushion packed goods
- ( as modifier )
a packing needle
- the packaging of foodstuffs
- med
- the application of a medical pack
- gauze or other absorbent material for packing a wound
- printing sheets of material, esp paper, used to cover the platen or impression cylinder of a letterpress machine
- any substance or material used to make watertight or gastight joints, esp in a stuffing box
- engineering pieces of material of various thicknesses used to adjust the position of a component or machine before it is secured in its correct position or alignment
Other Word Forms
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Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Paul Leighton is packing his rucksack with a heavy-duty hammer, pry bar and evidence bags for what he describes as "just an average day out".
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may soon have to walk the path he laid for legacy media outlets: packing up his office and leaving the Pentagon.
By the time I was done packing, there was no more room for my clothes.
Rounding up and packing off millions of people across the country would require a massive deployment of resources and far more detention capacity.
But in reality, prosecutors say Swensen and his company made falsified entries on maintenance logbooks and altered sale orders and packing slips to match the falsified entries.
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More About Packing
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Packing is the act of grouping items into a container, especially for storing or moving the items.
Packing can also describe the container or wrapping itself used to pack items.
Example: The packing on this Christmas gift is too hard to get off!
Where does packing come from?
The first records of the term packing come from around 1350. It comes from the Middle English pakking. It combines the verb pack, meaning to collect items together into a container, and the suffix –ing, which creates nouns out of verbs to express the action of the verb.
Packing is also a synonym for packaging. This can be either the wrapping or boxing around a product or shipment or the protective contents within to protect objects being shipped, such as Bubble Wrap or those messy packing peanuts that get all over the floor.
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are some other forms related to packing?
- underpacking (noun)
- overpacking (noun)
are some synonyms for packing?
are some words that share a root or word element with packing?
are some words that often get used in discussing packing?
How is packing used in real life?
Packing as a noun is commonly used to refer to the action of placing items in compact form to move or store them.
Packing is always fun, especially for 3 months…
— Austin Mahone (@AustinMahone)
if you’re packing to go somewhere. and leave your suitcase open. i’m allowed to climb inside. and then you have to take me with you. it’s the law
— Thoughts of Dog® (@dog_feelings)
Try using packing!
Is packing used correctly in the following sentence?
Yuck, all of my packages came with packing peanuts to protect the items!
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