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pack·ing
(păk′ĭng)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.
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packing
(ˈpækɪŋ)n
1.
a. material used to cushion packed goods
b. (as modifier): a packing needle.
2. (Commerce) the packaging of foodstuffs
3. (Medicine) med
a. the application of a medical pack
b. gauze or other absorbent material for packing a wound
4. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing sheets of material, esp paper, used to cover the platen or impression cylinder of a letterpress machine
5. (Mechanical Engineering) any substance or material used to make watertight or gastight joints, esp in a stuffing box
6. (Mechanical Engineering) 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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pack•ing
(ˈpæk ɪŋ)n.
1. the act or work of a person or thing that packs.
2. the preparation and packaging of foodstuffs, esp. to be sold at wholesale.
3. the way in which something is packed.
4. material used to cushion or protect goods packed in a container.
5. material compressed inside a stuffing box or the like to prevent leakage.
[1350–1400]
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| Noun | 1. |  packing - any material used especially to protect somethingmaterial, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" cardboard, composition board - a stiff moderately thick paper excelsior, wood shavings - thin curly wood shavings used for packing or stuffing |
| 2. |  packing - the enclosure of something in a package or boxbundling - the act of binding something into a bundle | |
| 3. |  packing - carrying something in a pack on the back; "the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts"carry - the act of carrying something |
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Translations
حَزْم، رَزْمغِلاف، تَغْليف
baleníobal
indpakningpakning
becsomagolásgöngyöleg
pökkunumbúîir, pakkning
balenie
pakiranje
ambalaj malzemesibavul hazırlama
packing
[ˈpækɪŋ]A. N
B. CPD packing case N → cajón m de embalaje
packing density N (Comput) → densidad f de compacidad
packing department N (for mail, transport) → departamento m de embalaje
packing house N → envasadora f
packing list N lista de lo que se va a meter o ya se ha metido en la maleta
packing plant N → envasadora f
packing slip N → hoja f de embalaje
packing density N (Comput) → densidad f de compacidad
packing department N (for mail, transport) → departamento m de embalaje
packing house N → envasadora f
packing list N lista de lo que se va a meter o ya se ha metido en la maleta
packing plant N → envasadora f
packing slip N → hoja f de embalaje
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
packing
n
packing
:packing case
n → Kiste f
packing house
n (US) → Abpackbetrieb m
packing list
n (Comm) → Packliste f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
packing
[ˈpækɪŋ] na. (of luggage) to do one's packing → fare le valigie or i bagagli
b. (material) → (materiale m da) imballaggio
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
pack
(pӕk) noun1. things tied up together or put in a container, especially to be carried on one's back. He carried his luggage in a pack on his back.
2. a set of (fifty-two) playing-cards. a pack of cards.
3. a number or group of certain animals. a pack of wolves / a wolf-pack.
4. a packet. a pack of cigarettes.
verb1. to put (clothes etc) into a bag, suitcase or trunk for a journey. I've packed all I need and I'm ready to go.
2. to come together in large numbers in a small space. They packed into the hall to hear his speech.
ˈpacking noun1. the act of putting things in bags, cases etc. He has done his packing tonight as he is leaving in the morning.
2. the materials (paper, string etc) used to wrap things for posting etc. He unwrapped the vase and threw away the packing.
ˈpacking-case noun a (large) wooden box in which goods are packed and sent from place to place.
packed (out) containing as many people as possible. The theatre/meeting was packed (out).
pack off to send away, usually quickly and without wasting time. They packed the children off to bed early.
pack up1. to put into containers in order to take somewhere else. She packed up the contents of her house.
2. to stop working or operating. We'd only gone five miles when the engine packed up.
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pack·ing
n. tapón, taponamiento.
acto de llenar una cavidad con gasa o algodón;
envoltura.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
packing
n (act) taponamiento; (material) gasa u otro material usado para llenar una cavidad, (once packed) taponamiento, tapón m; nasal — taponamiento nasalEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.