packing
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English pakkynge; equivalent to pack (“verb and noun senses”) + -ing.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
packing
- present participle and gerund of pack
Derived terms edit
Terms derived from packing (verb)
Noun edit
packing (plural packings)
- The action of the verb.
- As a concrete noun.
- Material used to fill in the space around something, especially to make a piston etc. watertight or airtight.
- Material used to wrap a product for sale etc.; packaging.
- A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging.
- 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
- Clipping of meatpacking.
Adjective edit
packing (comparative more packing, superlative most packing)