packing
noun
1 packing
Any material used especially to protect something.
synonyms: packing material, wadding.
Roget 184:
location,
localization;
lodgment;
deposition,
reposition;
stowage,
package;
collocation;
packing,
lading;
establishment,
settlement,
installation;
fixation;
insertion
etc.
300.
habitat,
environment,
surroundings
(situation)
183;
circumjacence
etc.
227†.
anchorage,
mooring,
encampment.
plantation,
colony,
settlement,
cantonment;
colonization,
domestication,
situation;
habitation
etc.
(abode)
189;
cohabitation;
a local habitation and a name"
[Midsummer Night's Dream];
endenization†,
naturalization.
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Dutch: emballage, pakmateriaal, verpakking, verpakkingsmateriaal
2 packing
The enclosure of something in a package or box.
synonym: boxing.
3 packing
Carrying something in a pack on the back:
— The backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts.
synonym: backpacking.
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