What does packing mean?

Definitions for packing
ˈpæk ɪŋpack·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. packing material, packing, waddingnoun

    any material used especially to protect something

  2. packing, boxingnoun

    the enclosure of something in a package or box

  3. packing, backpackingnoun

    carrying something in a pack on the back

    "the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts"

Wiktionary

  1. packingnoun

    The action of the verb.

  2. packingnoun

    As a concrete noun.

  3. Etymology: From pack (partly from the verb, partly from the noun) + -ing.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Packing

    of Pack

  2. Packingnoun

    the act or process of one who packs

  3. Packingnoun

    any material used to pack, fill up, or make close

  4. Packingnoun

    a substance or piece used to make a joint impervious

  5. Packingnoun

    a thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic material inserted between the surfaces of a flange joint

  6. Packingnoun

    the substance in a stuffing box, through which a piston rod slides

  7. Packingnoun

    a yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc

  8. Packingnoun

    same as Filling

  9. Packingnoun

    a trick; collusion

Wikidata

  1. Packing

    Packing is the process and/or the materials used in filling both service penetrations and building joints with backer materials as approved components within a firestop. ⁕ Ceramic fibre used as packing to support firestop silicone caulking. ⁕ "Canned" service penetration about to be firestopped. ⁕ Packing being installed. ⁕ Firestop caulking being applied. ⁕ Firestop has been tagged to identify certification information, thus enabling proper maintenance.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. packing

    Is the act of making up and adjusting the load of a pack-animal. It may be considered one of the arts.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of packing in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of packing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of packing in a Sentence

  1. The CDC director:

    We can start packing and shipping the vaccine once The FDA makes The FDA decision.

  2. Eric Schmitt-Matzen:

    Eric Schmitt-Matzen, a mechanical engineer and president of Packing Seals Engineering in Jacksboro, Tenn., told news outlets Eric Schmitt-Matzen arrived at the unidentified hospital and met the boy’s mother and family members, who were also unidentified. A nurse had called with the special request and given Eric Schmitt-Matzen a toy to offer the child during his visit, USA Today reported. When I walked in, Eric Schmitt-Matzen was laying there so weak, it looked like Eric Schmitt-Matzen was ready to fall asleep.

  3. Sindy Benavides:

    But a lot of companies need to do better and LULAC is fighting to make sure that( happens). These essential workers, not only the meat packing and poultry, but also farm workers, are starting to get sick and that's going to affect our vegetables, the frontline workers that are essential workers, the delivery trucks, the people in the grocery stores, the people at the warehouses delivering Sindy Benavides Amazon products, most of them are Latinos.

  4. Kamala Harris:

    I would not get into court packing, we add three justices ; next time around, we lose control, they add three justices. We begin to lose any credibility Supreme Court has at all.

  5. Treasurer Godlewski:

    Milwaukee Bucks's clear that if we want to finally send Ron Johnson packing, we must all get behind Mandela Barnes and fight together, i'm proud of what our 72-county campaign has accomplished, and while I may not be on the ballot this November, every issue we fought to bring front and center will be.

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