packing en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English pakkynge; equivalent to pack (“verb and noun senses”) + -ing.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb. ▸ The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
- (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb. ▸ The spatial arrangement of objects, items or constituent parts.
- (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb. ▸ The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack.
- (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb. ▸ The forming of players into a scrum.
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(countable, uncountable) As a concrete noun. ▸ Material used to fill in the space around something, especially to make a piston etc. watertight or airtight.
A kind of fine Norwegian hay, used as packing in the finnesko to keep the feet warm and to make the fur boot fit firmly.
1913, Captain R. F. Scott, Scott's Last Expedition Volume I:
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(countable, uncountable) As a concrete noun. ▸ Material used to wrap a product for sale etc.; packaging.
Among the inner packings in use are expanded polystyrene (popcorn), plastic-encapsulated air (air bubbles), various types of paper products, foam-in-place, molded polystyrene, and corrugated partitions (egg crating).
2013, Eugene L. Magad, Total Materials Management, →ISBN, page 375:
- (countable, uncountable) As a concrete noun. ▸ A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging.
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(countable, uncountable) As a concrete noun. ▸ Special material used to fill containers or vessels for certain chemically related applications.
Packing in a packed bed, or a column such as a distillation column or a chromatography column
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(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable) Clipping of meatpacking.
alt of meatpacking
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| packings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
co-packing · meatpacking · subpacking · underpacking · packing plant · packing tape · packing list · court-packing · postage and packing · packing parka · body packing · packing-case · packing noodle · meatpacker · packing-needle · packing peanut · packing snow · packing needle · packinghouse · ellipsoid packing · packing case · packing room · packingless · contract packing · wolf packing
Relateds
packer · packmaker · backpacking · packmaking
Translations (2)
es empacamiento (the action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey) · es empaque (the action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey)