Packing Definition
păkĭng
noun
The act or process of a person or thing that packs.
Webster's New World
The processing and packaging of manufactured products, especially food products.
American Heritage
Any material used to pack, as excelsior, cardboard, etc. used in packages to cushion and brace the contents, a substance put around valves to make them watertight, etc.
Webster's New World
The insertion of gauze or other material into a body cavity or wound for therapeutic purposes.
American Heritage Medicine
The material so used; a pack.
American Heritage Medicine
Synonyms:
- styrofoam
- stuffing
- waste
- wadding
- peanuts
- packing material
- boxing
- backpacking
- sorting
- disposition
- laying away
- grading
- disposal
- consignment
- compression
Other Word Forms of Packing
Noun
Singular:
packing
Plural:
packingsOrigin of Packing
-
From pack (partly from the verb, partly from the noun) + -ing.
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