noun
Meaning 1
The act of packing something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
packaging
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
Meaning 2
The materials used to pack something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The industry that produces such material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
The manner in which a person or product is promoted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, uncountable, usually
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
present participle and gerund of package
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 6
the business of packing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his business is packaging for transport
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
Narrower terms: meatpacking, meat packing, meat-packing business, unitization, unitisation
noun
Meaning 7
material used to make packages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: material
Narrower terms: blister pack, bubble pack
noun
Meaning 8
a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the packaging of new ideas
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: promotion, publicity, promotional material
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: message, content, subject matter, substance
Narrower terms: buildup, public relations, PR, endorsement, indorsement, blurb, ballyhoo, hoopla, hype, plug, sales talk, sales pitch, pitch, ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert, sales promotion
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: փաթեթավորում (pʻatʻetʻavorum) — the act of packing something
- Chinese Mandarin: 包裝 /包装 (bāozhuāng) — the act of packing something
- Chinese Mandarin: 打包 (dǎbāo) — the act of packing something
- Finnish: paketointi — the act of packing something
- Finnish: pakkaaminen — the act of packing something
- German: Packen — the act of packing something
- Indonesian: pengemasan — the act of packing something
- Norwegian: innpakking — the act of packing something
- Norwegian: pakketering — the act of packing something
- Polish: pakowanie — the act of packing something
- Romanian: împachetare — the act of packing something
- Russian: пакети́рование (paketírovanije) — the act of packing something
- Russian: упако́вка (upakóvka) — the act of packing something
- Spanish: envoltura — the act of packing something
- Spanish: empaquetado — the act of packing something
- Spanish: empaquetadura — the act of packing something
- Albanian: ambalazh — the materials used to pack something
- Armenian: փաթեթավորում (pʻatʻetʻavorum) — the materials used to pack something
- Catalan: embalatge — the materials used to pack something
- Chinese Mandarin: 包裝 /包装 (bāozhuāng) — the materials used to pack something
- Chinese Mandarin: 包裝材料 /包装材料 (bāozhuāng cáiliào) — the materials used to pack something
- Dutch: verpakking — the materials used to pack something
- Finnish: pakkausmateriaali — the materials used to pack something
- French: emballage — the materials used to pack something
- German: Verpackung — the materials used to pack something
- Greek: αμπαλάρισμα (ampalárisma) — the materials used to pack something
- Indonesian: kemasan — the materials used to pack something
- Italian: imballaggio — the materials used to pack something
- Ligurian: imballàggiu — the materials used to pack something
- Polish: opakowanie — the materials used to pack something
- Russian: упако́вка (upakóvka) — the materials used to pack something
- Spanish: empaque — the materials used to pack something
- Spanish: convoluto — the materials used to pack something
- Swedish: förpackningsmaterial — the materials used to pack something
- Swedish: emballage — the materials used to pack something
- Chinese Mandarin: 包裝業 /包装业 — the industry that produces such material
- Finnish: pakkausteollisuus — the industry that produces such material
- German: Verpackungsindustrie — the industry that produces such material
- Polish: przemysł opakowań — the industry that produces such material
- Swedish: förpackningsindustri — the industry that produces such material
- Chinese Mandarin: 包裝 /包装 (bāozhuāng) — the manner in which a person or product is promoted
- Chinese Mandarin: 塑造 (sùzào) — the manner in which a person or product is promoted
- Finnish: asu — the manner in which a person or product is promoted
- Finnish: pakkaus — the manner in which a person or product is promoted
- German: Präsentation — the manner in which a person or product is promoted
- Polish: prezentacja — the manner in which a person or product is promoted
- Spanish: envoltura — the manner in which a person or product is promoted
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