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Packing

Definitions: Packing

Packing

Noun

1. Any material used especially to protect something.

2. The enclosure of something in a package or box.

3. Carrying something in a pack on the back; "the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "packing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Packing

DomainDefinitions

Geography

The choking of a stream channel by the piling up of ice against an obstruction, forming a temporary dam ; an accumulation of ice at a given location which, in a river, restricts the flow of water. Source: European Union. (references)

Math

Given a finite collection of subsets of a finite ground set, to find an optimal subcollection that are pairwise disjoint. (references)

Mechanical Engineering

The whole of the packing material which is inserted into a stuffing box and compressed by the gland. Source: European Union. (references)
 An arrangement within the casing of a cooling tower through which air and water can flow simultaneously with maximum contact. Source: European Union. (references)

Medicine

The inserting of a tampon ; a dressing is inserted firmly into a wound or body cavity, as the nose, uterus or vagina, principally for stopping hemorrhage. Source: European Union. (references)
 Mix of stone. . . placed in the bottom of the first half of the flask. Source: European Union. (references)

Metallurgy

The action of packing. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

The act of inserting and packing explosives and stemming in a shothole. Source: European Union. (references)
 A. Occurs in crushing plants when the material in the chamber is so compacted as to be nearly without voids. It occurs when free downward movement is inhibited b. The filling of a waste area with stones and dirt. See also:solid stowing c. The method of giving support to a roof by the insertion of waste material placed or built into space from which coal or ore has been extracted d. The spacing or density pattern of the mineral grains in a rock. CF:fabric e. See:blocking f. With gyratories, packing copy refers to an accumulation of sticky fineson the diaphragm. (references)

Nuclear Energy & Physics

Material placed in a cooling tower over which water flows. It increases the air-water surface area and time of contact and maintains uniform air and water flow distribution. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Packing

Synonyms: backpacking (n), boxing (n), packing material (n), wadding (n). (additional references)
Synonyms by domain: fill-in (mechanical engineering, physicsnuclear energy & physics, electrical engineering), tamponade (medicine).

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Synonyms within Context: Packing

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Abrogation

Dismiss, discard; cast off, turn off, cast out, cast adrift, cast out of doors, cast aside, cast away; send off, send away, send packing, send about one's business; discharge, get rid of; (eject); bounce; fire, fire out; sack.

Ejection

Eject, reject; expel, discard; cut, send to coventry, boycott; chasser; banish; (punish); bounce ; fire, fire out; throw; throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside; push; throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside; shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away; brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away; discharge; send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift; turn out, bundle out; throw overboard; give the sack to; send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about; strike off the roll; (abrogate); turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop; pack off; send away with a flea in the ear; send to Jericho; bow out, show the door to.

Killing

Slaughtering; phthisozoics; sport, sporting; the chase, venery; hunting, coursing, shooting, fishing; pig-sticking; sportsman, huntsman, fisherman; hunter, Nimrod; slaughterhouse, meat packing plant, shambles, abattoir.

Location

Noun: location, localization; lodgment; deposition, reposition; stowage, package; collocation; packing, lading; establishment, settlement, installation; fixation; insertion.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Packing

English words defined with "packing": Cherd packing, compressible, cracker boxexcelsiorfood hamperGabarage, gasket, Gaskins, GobbingHanaperJunk ringload, lute, lutingMeadow hay, meat packingpack, Packing box, packing case, packing material, packing needle, packing nut, packing plant, Packing press, Packing ring, Packing sheet, polystyrene, PresspackSarplier, Sea gaskets, Seed bag, send packing, soapbox, stow, stowage, stowing, Strip-leaf, stuffing boxtake out, To send packingunpackwood shavings. (references)
Specialty definitions using "packing": ACETYLENE-CYLINDER-PACKING MIXER, ADHESIVE-BANDAGE-MACHINE OPERATOR, Advice of Shipment, aircraft-delivery checker, AIRCRAFT-SHIPPING CHECKER, art preparator, ASSEMBLER, AIRCRAFT POWER PLANT, ASSISTANT-PRESS OPERATORBANDOLEER PACKER, BANDOLEER STRAIGHTENER-STAMPER, BAND-SAW OPERATOR, bin packing problem, BINDERY WORKER, BLOCK-BREAKER OPERATOR, boiler-operator helper, BOILER-ROOM HELPER, BOMB LOADER, BOTTOM-PRECIPITATOR OPERATOR, BOWLING-BALL WEIGHER AND PACKER, Breakbulk Cargo, bubble tower, BUTTONERcalcination helper, CARD CLOTHIER, carpenter helper, CARTON-FORMING-MACHINE OPERATOR, CASE PACKER AND SEALER, CASTING-MACHINE OPERATOR, cellophane-wrapping examiner, chair trimmer, CHAIR UPHOLSTERER, CHEESE SPRAYER, CHERRY CUTTER, CHEST-PAINTING AND SEALING SUPERVISOR, chest-painting leader, CIGAR INSPECTOR, CIGARETTE-PACKAGE EXAMINER, cigar-packing examiner, CLARIFIER OPERATOR, CLARIFIER-OPERATOR HELPER, CLASSIFIER OPERATOR, claying-up worker, clipping, stringing, and turning machine tender, cone chocolate dipper, cone racker, Consolidated Ice Cover, Container Freight Charge, container-packer operator, Contract for future sale, cooker helper, cooling-system operator, cover cutter, cover remover, CRATE LINER, CRATING-AND-MOVING ESTIMATOR, CRAYON-SORTING-MACHINE FEEDER, crystal structure, cubic packing, CUTTER, BANANA ROOM, cutting stock problem, cutting-table operatordegree of packing, device arrangement, device placement, DEWATERER OPERATOR, DIELECTRIC-PRESS OPERATOR, digester operator, DISPLAY FABRICATOR, DRIER OPERATOR I, DYNAMITE-PACKING-MACHINE FEEDER, DYNAMITE-PACKING-MACHINE OPERATOReffective breaking force, EGG CANDLER, engine buildup mechanic, EQUIPMENT CLEANER-AND-TESTER, evacuated insulation, EXPEDITION SUPERVISORfarm butcher, FARMWORKER, BULBS, Fed cattle, FIELD HAULER, final cigar and box examiner, FINE ARTS PACKER, FINISHING TRIMMER, FIREARMS-ASSEMBLY SUPERVISOR, FISH CHOPPER, GANG KNIFE, flexographic-press helper, FLOOR WORKER, FLOUR BLENDER, FOREST NURSERY SUPERVISOR, fractionating column, fractionating tower, fractionator, frame opener, Free on board, FREEZING-MACHINE OPERATOR, freight-rate clerk, FREIGHT-TRAFFIC CONSULTANT, FRUIT DISTRIBUTOR, furniture-mover driver. (references)

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Modern Usage: Packing

DomainUsage

Screenplays

If you look like a detective people are gonna think you're packing something. (Repo Man; writing credit: Alex Cox)

Give me a second I'm packing. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

That's why I'm packing light. (The Birdcage; writing credit: Jean Poiret; Francis Veber)

The worm has turned and it is now packing an Uzi, Mary. (Wolf; writing credit: Jim Harrison; Wesley Strick)

Now I may be packing the kind of tackle, that you normally expect to find swinging about between the hind legs of a Grand National winner. (Blackadder Goes Forth; writing credit: Richard Curtis; Ben Elton)

Lyrics

Packing up ("Go Your Own Way"; performing artist: Fleetwood Mac)

Movie/TV Titles

Packing Up (1927)

Noon Time in Packing Town (Whiskey Point) (1901)

Export Packing (1901)

Heinz Packing Pickle Jars (1901)

Noon Time in Packing Town (Panoramic) (1901)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Packing

DomainTitle

References

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Paper and Paperboard Boxes, Bags and Packing Containers in Singapore (reference)

  • The 2003 World Forecasts of Articles for the Conveyance or Packing of Goods Export Supplies (reference)

  • Nippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • The World Market for Articles for the Conveyance or Packing of Goods: A 2003 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  • Packing and Packaging Machinery and Equipment in Spain: A Strategic Entry Report, 2000 (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • A Guide to Raising Llamas: Care, Showing, Breeding, Packing, Profiting (Storey Animal Handbook) (reference)

  • Horse Packing in Pictures (reference)

  • Packing and Moving Tips That Could Save You a Fortune (reference)

  • Packing Iron: Gun Leather of the Frontier West (reference)

  • Pleasure Packing for the 80s (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Packing

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Photo Album: Packing

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Packing in the astro instruments Chief of party, 102 lbs. Astro party of C.V Hodgson.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

No more horse packing Observing party on the side of Gallatin packing up.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Horseback packing out of remote areas of Yellowstone - 1950 The snow is beginning to fly One of the last horseback operations in the C&GS.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Triangulation party off the MARINDUQUE packing into the mountains.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Taking a rest after packing to the top of Bogoslof Hill for observations.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Mighrant Mexican laborors unload dried tobacco leaves from their drying barn prior to packing it into bales for transpost to a warehouse in the.Credit: USDA.

FSIS inspector checks the packing of meat. .Credit: USDA.

Packing boxes with American Classic Tea bags in the processing plant on the.Credit: USDA.

April Bolton prepares boxes for packing with American Classic Tea bags on the Charleston Tea Plantation in SC.Credit: USDA.

Rogue River - Just below Indian Mary Park. CCC Boys packing powder in drilled holes.Credit: Unknown.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Historic Usage: Packing

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The facilities granted for the erection of warehouses, for packing and for unpacking goods, shall be in accordance with trade requirements for the time being. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Packing

TitleAuthorQuote

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

She set tin cups on a big packing box, set tin plates and knives and forks out.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Packing

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Contamination of skin wounds may be a problem for persons working in slaughterhouses or meat packing plants or for veterinarians. (references)

Improvements in farm animal hygiene, in slaughter plant practices, and in vegetable and fruit harvesting and packing operations may help prevent salmonellosis caused by contaminated foods. (references)

Business

Outsourcing is particularly appropriate for goods that need special handling, packing, or storage. (references)

Even the high demand for plastic produce packing containers was unable to counterbalance the general decline in demand from agriculture. (references)

Efficient logistics management has encouraged the development of innovative tools and methodologies for inventory management and control, route planning and scheduling, and new methods of cargo packing, carriage and consolidation. (references)

Economic History

Sri Lanka

The paper and paper product industry grew by around 8 percent in 2000. Products that performed well during this period were newspapers, books and magazines, corrugated cartons, packing materials, labels, posters, exercise log books and diaries. (references)

Moldova

Crown Cork and Seal officials say they imported packing equipment and other capital, then were forced out by the local factory manager with the collusion of the Transnistrian "government." Crown Cork and Seal representatives reported that they were harassed by Transnistrian "authorities" until company management decided that they could not guarantee the safety of Crown Cork and Seal employees, and decided to pull their people out. (references)

Pakistan

Importers, depending on the specific circumstances as insurance certificates and packing lists, also may request other documents. (references)

Political Economy

THAILAND

These include credit at below market level on some government-to-government sales of Thai rice (agreed on a case-by-case basis); preferential financing for exporters in the form of packing credits with odd maturities or values otherwise unavailable in international credit markets; tax certificates for rebates of packing credits; and rebates of taxes and import duties for products intended for re-export. (references)

Trade

China

Customs Valuation: According to Chinese Customs regulations, the dutiable value of an imported good is its CIF price, which includes the normal transaction price of the good, plus the cost of packing, freight, insurance, and seller's commission. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

Packing List: Packing list is not legally required but such lists are usually considered essential in accelerating the time required for customs clearance. (references)

Travel

Azerbaijan

Sanitary conditions for fresh meat, poultry and fish are far below Western standards and it is recommended to purchase such items in established stores with reliable packing and refrigeration. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Packing

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989The missing of deadlines and the nightmare of monstrous continuing resolutions packing hundreds of billions of dollars of spending into one bill must be stopped.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Packing

"Packing" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 56.54% of the time. "Packing" is used about 542 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)56.54%30716,496
Noun (singular)43.28%23519,568
Noun (proper)0.18%1339,140
                    Total100.00%542N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Packing

CountryName
Japan

Nippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd.

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Packing

Expressions using "packing": ammonia packing Cherd packing disposable packing export packing gland packing meat packing meat packing plant packing area packing block packing box packing case packing house packing house culls packing list packing material packing materials packing meat packing needle packing nut packing paper packing piece packing plant packing press packing ring packing sheet packing sleeve regenerator packing send packing send smb. packing skin packing To send packing web of packing. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "packing": packing-case, packing-cases, packing-paper, packing-up.

Ending with "packing": fish-packing, meat-packing.

Containing "packing": meat-packing business, Meat-Packing Industry.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Packing

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

packing

411

packing supply

362

packing list

207

packing tip

160

packing material

153

packing box

125

vacation packing

90

packing list travel

71

travel packing

59

packing peanut

59
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Packing

Language Translations for "packing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

paketim (packaging), mbushje (admission, charge, dressing, fill, filling, loading, pad, padding, pervasion, stuffing, suffusion), material ambalazhi, konservim (cure, curing, preservation), ambalazhim (encasement). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مسيكة, ‏حزم (bind, bunch, bundle, decide, determination, dogmatise, firmness, hardness, parcel, resolution, rope, sheaf, sling, stack, strap, truss), ‏تعبئة المشروبات, ‏تعبئة اللحوم, ‏رزم (bale, bundle, pack, package, parcel, wrap up). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

уплътнител (gasket), консервиране (cure, preservation), опаковъчен (pack, wrapping), опаковка (casing, encasement, package, wrap, wrapping), опаковане (casing-in, package), набивка (gasket, pad, wad, wadding), пакетиране (package). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

包装 (packaged, packaging, Packed). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zabalení, obal (casing, container, cover, husk, packaging, padding, sleeve, tunic, wrap, wrapper, wrapping). (various references)

   

Danish

  

pakning (bordering, compacting, encapsulation, fitting, fomentation, gasket, gland packing, joint, jointing, pack, package, packaging, poultice, tamping), pakken, pakningsmiddel (bordering, gasket, joint), patronering (cartridging), pakdåse (annulus seal, gland, gland box, packer, stuffing box, valve gland), sammenpresning (compaction, compression, consolidation, cramming, debulking, densification, rolling, tractor rolling), stabling (pile, piling, stack, stacking, stacking casks), tamponering (pack, tamponade, tamponage), udtamponering, tamponnement (pack, tamponade, tamponage), indpakning (coating, covering, fomentation, newspaper wrapper, pack, packaging, poultice, wrapper, wrapping), nedpakning, kompres (compress, Esmarch tourniquet, pack, pad, pledget, sponge, swab, tampon, tourniquet), koeletaarnsindsats (fill), køletårns-overrislingselementer (cooling stack, cooling tower fill, fill), isspaerring (ice gorge, ice jam, ice-barrage, ice-dam). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

pakkingstuk (gasket), pakking (gasket, gland, gland packing, grommet, joint, seal grommet), patronering (cartridging), packing, stationaire fase, stapeling (accumulation, multichannel, multiplex, multiplexing, stacking, storage), sluitnippel (annulus seal, gland, packer, stuffing box, valve gland), tamponade (pack, tamponade, tamponage), verpakking (pack, package, packaging), verdichting (compacting, compaction, compression, congestion, crowding, densification, overcrowding, rolling, tractor rolling), aandrukken van de opvulling (tamping), koeltorenvulling (fill), inpakken (pack, package, wrap up), ijswal (ice gorge, ice jam), ijsdam (ice gorge, ice jam, ice-barrage, ice-dam), dichting (gasket, joint, sealing), compres (compress, pack, pad, pledget). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tiiviste (extract, gasket, gland packing, hash-code, joint, precipitate), pakkaus (pack, package, packaging). (various references)

   

French

  

emballage (pack, package, packaging, parceling), remplissage (padding), garniture (gland packing, packer), empaquetage (packaging), colisage. (various references)

   

German

  

verpackung (baggage, encapsulation, luggage, package, packages, packaging, wrapper, wrapping), dichtung (close joint, fiction, gasket, joint, leak-proof joint, literature, poem, poetry, seal, sealing, sealing gasket, tight joint, verse, washer), Verdichten (compact, compress, concondense, condense, densification, heighten, intensify, solidify, squeeze, to concondense, to condense, to solidify, to squeeze), packend (clutching, enthralling, grappling, grasping, gripping, thrilling). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συσκευασία (doing up, encapsulation, package, packaging, preparation). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

אריז". (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

csomagolás (getting up, package, wrapper, wrapping). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

pengepakan, pengemasan, pembungkusan, bungkusan (encasement, package, parcel). (various references)

   

Italian

  

imballaggio (baling, boxing, coating, pack, package, packaging). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

風袋 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

パッキング , ふうたい (appearance, dress, look, tassel), つめ (an end, appointment, checkmate, claw, fingernail or toenail, hoof, keep doing for period of time, mate, stuffing, talon, the foot), ほうそう (beehive, broadcast, broadcasting, fragrant herb, hive, lawyer, legal profession, seeing an emperor off, smallpox, wrapping), にづくり (baling, crating), に"しらえ, か"づめ (canned goods, canning, tin can), ""ぽう. (various references)

   

Korean 

  

패킹. (various references)

   

Manx

  

paggal (pack). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ackingpay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

embalagem (container, pack, package, packaging, wrapping). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

umplere (filling, inflation, repletion), ticsire, garniturã (assortment, complement, decorations, garnish, garniture, gasket, jabot, set, side dish, suite, trimming, trimmings), fixare a garniturilor, ambalare, înfundare (choke, stick), împachetare (boxing, pack, package). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

укладка (stowage, stringing), упаковка (encasement, pack, package), уплотнение (compaction, compression, condensation, gasket, induration), навьючивание, прокладка (gasket, insertion, layer, laying, pad, separator, spacer, strip, weatherstrip). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

pakovanje (bagging, packaging, wrapping), ambalažiranje. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

embalaje (boxing, pack, package, packaging), envase (bottle, bottling, can, Canning, container, dummy, empty, enclosure, flare, pack, package, packaging, stemtube, wrapping). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

packning (bordering, compacting, compaction, compactness, compression, consolidation, gasket, kit, level of compaction, luggage, pack, seal, state of compaction, washer), frakt (burden, cargo, carriage, charge, freight, freightage, goods, load, shipload, shipment, shipping). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

paketleme (packaging, wrapping), tampon (buffer, bumper, cushion, fender, shock absorber, tampon, wad), tıkaç (bung, Cork, filler, gag, plug, spigot, spill, stopper, stopple, tampon, wad, wadding), sarma (envelopment, infestation, involvement, stuffed dish, twine, winding, wrapping), salmastra, conta (gasket), ambalaj kâğıdı (brown paper, kraft, kraft paper, wrapping paper). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

консервування (conservation, curing, potting, preservation), нагромадження (accumulation, agglomerate, agglomeration, congestion, exaggeration), прокладка (cushion, gasket, separator, strip), пакування (package, packaging). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

vật liệu để nhét kín, sự xếp h ng v o bao bì bao bì sự xếp chặt, sự nhét kín, sự ních v o sự th", sự khuân vác (portage), sự gói đ", sự cuốn bằng mền ướt, sự đóng kiện, sự đóng gói, sự đệm kín vật liệu để gắn kín. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Packing

Derivations

Words beginning with "packing": packinghouse, packinghouses, packings. (additional references)

Words ending with "packing": backpacking, meatpacking, prepacking, repacking, unpacking. (additional references)

Words containing "packing": meatpackings. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Packing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Paccione, paceing, Pacini, packen, packin, pacting, paking, pancying, Pankanj, Paskin, Paskins, pawkins, piacciono, Piccin, pickni, Puccaugg. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Packing"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "packing" (pronounced pa"king)
5p a" k i ngunpacking.
4-a" k i ngattacking, backing, cracking, hacking, jacking, lacking, racking, sacking, smacking, stacking, tacking, tracking, whacking, wracking.
3-k i ngaching, antismoking, asking, backtracking, baking, balking, banking, barking, basking, biking, bilking, blanking, blinking, blocking, bloodsucking, booking, bookmaking, braking, breaking, breathtaking, broking, Brooking, bucking, carjacking, caulking, chalking, checking, choking, chucking, clanking, clicking, cloaking, clucking, cocking, coking, cooking, corking, cornhusking, cranking, creaking, critiquing, croaking, debunking, decking, disliking, docking, dressmaking, drinking, ducking, duking, earmarking, earthshaking, eking, embarking, evoking, faking, filmmaking, flaking, flanking, flicking, flocking, flunking, forking, forsaking, franking, freaking, frolicking, fucking, gawking, glassmaking, groundbreaking, handshaking, hardworking, harking, Hawking, heartbreaking, hijacking, hiking, hitchhiking, Hocking, homemaking, honking, hooking, hulking, interlocking, invoking, jaywalking, jerking, joking, junking, kayaking, kicking, knocking, lawbreaking, lawmaking, leaking, licking, liking, linking, locking, looking, lovemaking, Lucking, lurking, making, marking, masking, matchmaking, meatpacking, metalworking, milking, mimicking, mistaking, mocking, moneymaking, moviemaking, mucking, muckraking, multitasking, networking, nitpicking, nonbanking, nonsmoking, overbooking, overlooking, overtaking, painstaking, panicking, papermaking, parking, peacemaking, peaking, pecking, peeking, perking, picking, piggybacking, planking, plinking, plucking, plunking, poking, politicking, provoking, quaking, quarterbacking, raking, ranking, ransacking, rebuking, reeking, reinking, remaking, remarking, restocking, retaking, rethinking, revoking, reworking, risking, rocking, rollicking, seeking, shaking, sharking, shirking, shocking, shrieking, shrinking, shucking, sinking, sleepwalking, smirking, smoking, snaking, sneaking, soaking, socking, spacewalking, spanking, sparking, speaking, spiking, squawking, squeaking, staking, stalking, steelmaking, sticking, stinking, stockbroking, stocking, stoking, streaking, striking, stroking, sucking, sulking, taking, talking, tanking, tasking, thanking, ticking, trafficking, trekking, tricking, trucking, tucking, tweaking, undertaking, undocking, unlocking, unthinking, viking, waking, walking, winking, wisecracking, woodworking, working, wreaking, wrecking, yanking.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Packing

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-g-i-k-n-p"

-1 letter: caking, pacing.

-2 letters: acing, aping, kiang, panic.

-3 letters: agin, akin, cain, gain, gink, kain, kina, king, knap, nick, nipa, pack, paik, pain, pang, pian, pica, pick, pika, pina, ping, pink.

-4 letters: ain, ani, can, cap, cig, gan, gap, gin, gip, ick, ink, kin, kip, nag, nap, nip, pac, pan, pia, pic, pig, pin.

-5 letters: ag, ai, an, in, ka, na, pa, pi.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-g-i-k-n-p"
 

+1 letter: packings.

 

+2 letters: packaging, packeting, pancaking, panicking, pickaxing, repacking, spackling, unpacking.

 

+3 letters: hopsacking, pacemaking, paddocking, padlocking, peacocking, prepacking.

 

+4 letters: backpacking, backspacing, handpicking, hopsackings, kneecapping, meatpacking, pacemakings, parbuckling, peacemaking, pockmarking, repackaging.

 

+5 letters: backdropping, backpedaling, backslapping, backstopping, blacktopping, kneecappings, meatpackings, mispackaging, packinghouse, peacekeeping, peacemakings, pickabacking, piggybacking, placekicking, prepackaging, spacewalking.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

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Alternative Orthography: Packing


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 61 63 6B 69 6E 67

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.--.    .-    -.-.    -.-    ..    -.    --.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01100001 01100011 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#97 &#99 &#107 &#105 &#110 &#103

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0061 0063 006B 0069 006E 0067

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50676977758073

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Historic
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Speeches
12. Usage Frequency
13. Names: Company Usage
14. Expressions
15. Expressions: Internet
16. Translations: Modern
17. Derivations
18. Rhymes
19. Anagrams
20. Orthography
21. Bibliography


  

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