packaging en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈpæ.kə.dʒɪŋ/
Meanings
- (uncountable, usually) The act of packing something.
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(uncountable, usually) The materials used to pack something.
Nearly 200 chemicals connected to breast cancer are used in the making of food packaging and plastic tableware, and dozens of those carcinogens can migrate into the human body, a new study found.
2024 September 24, Sandee LaMotte, “Chemicals linked to breast cancer leach into our foods, study finds”, in CNN:
- (uncountable, usually) The industry that produces such material.
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(broadly, uncountable, usually) The manner in which a person or product is promoted.
Do Amaral seems to belong more to a Europian ^([sic]) tradition than to any of the artistic pigeonholes currently in vogue in the States. His failure to show allegiance to any one medium makes him resistant to the relentless packaging that is a feature even of much avant garde American art.
1982 December 18, Rob Schmieder, “A Welcome Anomaly”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 22, page 10:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| packagings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
salary packaging · nonpackaging · packaging gas · wackaging · nanopackaging · postage and packaging
Translations (47)
es empaquetado (the act of packing something) · it imballaggio (the materials used to pack something) · es convoluto (the materials used to pack something) · lij imballàggiu (the materials used to pack something) · cmn 塑造 (the manner in which a person or product is promoted) · cmn 包裝業 /包装业 (the industry that produces such material) · fr emballage (the materials used to pack something) · sv förpackningsmaterial (the materials used to pack something) · ru упако́вка (the materials used to pack something) · es empaque (the materials used to pack something) · el αμπαλάρισμα (the materials used to pack something) · es empaquetadura (the act of packing something) · de Verpackungsindustrie (the industry that produces such material) · hy փաթեթավորում (the act of packing something) · pl prezentacja (the manner in which a person or product is promoted) · de Präsentation (the manner in which a person or product is promoted) · cmn 包裝 /包装 (the manner in which a person or product is promoted) · fi paketointi (the act of packing something) · fi pakkaaminen (the act of packing something) · sq ambalazh (the materials used to pack something) · pl przemysł opakowań (the industry that produces such material) · ca embalatge (the materials used to pack something) · id kemasan (the materials used to pack something) · sv förpackningsindustri (the industry that produces such material) · cmn 包裝 /包装 (the act of packing something) · fi asu (the manner in which a person or product is promoted) · de Packen (the act of packing something) · no pakketering (the act of packing something) · es envoltura (the act of packing something) · fi pakkausmateriaali (the materials used to pack something) · id pengemasan (the act of packing something) · cmn 打包 (the act of packing something) · fi pakkaus (the manner in which a person or product is promoted) · hy փաթեթավորում (the materials used to pack something) · de Verpackung (the materials used to pack something) · cmn 包裝材料 /包装材料 (the materials used to pack something) · fi pakkausteollisuus (the industry that produces such material) · no innpakking (the act of packing something) · pl opakowanie (the materials used to pack something) · ro împachetare (the act of packing something) · pl pakowanie (the act of packing something) · cmn 包裝 /包装 (the materials used to pack something) · ru пакети́рование (the act of packing something) · es envoltura (the manner in which a person or product is promoted) · sv emballage (the materials used to pack something) · nl verpakking (the materials used to pack something) · ru упако́вка (the act of packing something)