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packing
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As a noun, packing means the action of the verb.
Meanings of packing
12 meaningsverb
Present participle of pack
noun
The action of the verb.
The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
sciencesmathematicsThe spatial arrangement of objects, items or constituent parts.
The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack.
rugbyThe forming of players into a scrum.
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”
The enclosure of something in a package or box
Similar: boxingCarrying something in a pack on the back
“the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts”
Similar: backpacking
Clipping of meatpacking.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).