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packing

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: packing

1
n
the enclosure of something in a package or box
2
n
carrying something in a pack on the back
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: packing
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n the enclosure of something in a package or box

Synonyms:
boxing
Types:
bundling
the act of binding something into a bundle
Type of:
enclosing, enclosure, envelopment, inclosure
the act of enclosing something inside something else

n any material used especially to protect something

Synonyms:
packing material, wadding
Types:
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cardboard, composition board
a stiff moderately thick paper
excelsior, wood shavings
thin curly wood shavings used for packing or stuffing
binder board, binder's board
a cardboard used by bookbinders to make covers for books
card
thin cardboard, usually rectangular
corrugated board, corrugated cardboard
cardboard with corrugations (can be glued to flat cardboard on one or both sides)
paperboard, poster board, posterboard
a cardboard suitable for making posters
pasteboard
stiff cardboard made by pasting together layers of paper
strawboard
a coarse yellow cardboard made of straw pulp
Type of:
material, stuff
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
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n carrying something in a pack on the back

Synonyms:
backpacking
Type of:
carry
the act of carrying something
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