packing

verb

1. 1

   Also a form of packpresent participle and gerund of pack

noun

1. 1

   The action of the verb. The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.

2. 2

   The action of the verb. The spatial arrangement of objects, items or constituent parts.

3. 3

   The action of the verb. The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack.

4. 4

   The action of the verb. The forming of players into a scrum.

5. 5

   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.

6. 6

   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).

7. 7

   As a concrete noun. A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging.

8. 8

   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

9. 9

   Variant of meatpackingClipping of meatpacking.

Forms

plural

packings