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Packing

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Noun

1. packing, packing material, wadding

any material used especially to protect something

2. boxing, packing

the enclosure of something in a package or box

3. backpacking, packing

carrying something in a pack on the back

Example Sentences:
'the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Packing

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noun
1. 
a. 
material used to cushion packed goods
b. 
(as modifier)
a packing needle
2. 
the packaging of foodstuffs
3. medicine
a. 
the application of a medical pack
b. 
gauze or other absorbent material for packing a wound
4. printing
sheets of material, esp paper, used to cover the platen or impression cylinder of a letterpress machine
5. 
any substance or material used to make watertight or gastight joints, esp in a stuffing box
6. engineering
pieces of material of various thicknesses used to adjust the position of a component or machine before it is secured in its correct position or alignment

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Packing

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noun
1. 
the act or process of a person or thing that packs
; specif.,
a. 
the large-scale, esp. commercial, processing and packaging of meats, fruits, or vegetables
b.  Medicine
the filling of a wound or cavity with gauze, etc. to permit drainage and prevent closure
2. 
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 College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Packing

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n.
1. The act or process of one that packs.
2. The processing and packaging of manufactured products, especially food products.
3. A material used to prevent leakage or seepage, as around a pipe joint.
4.
a. The insertion of gauze or other material into a body cavity or wound for therapeutic purposes.
b. The material so used; a pack.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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