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Packing

Packing Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Packing? [n] carrying something in a pack on the back; "the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts" [n] the enclosure of something in a package or box [n] any material used especially to protect something Synonyms \| Synonyms for Packing: backpacking \| boxing \| packing material \| wadding Related Terms \| Find terms related to Packing: air express \| airfreight \| airlift \| allocation \| asportation \| assignment \| bearing \| bottling \| boxing \| bush \| bushing \| canning \| carriage \| carry \| carrying \| cartage \| collocation \| conveyance \| crating \| deployment \| deposit \| deposition \| disposition \| doubling \| doublure \| drayage \| emplacement \| encasement \| expressage \| facing \| ferriage \| filler \| filling \| freight \| freightage \| gasket \| gland \| haulage \| hauling \| inlay \| inlayer \| insole \| interlineation \| lading \| lighterage \| liner \| lining \| loading \| localization \| locating \| location \| lugging \| package \| packaging \| padding \| pinpointing \| placement \| placing \| portage \| porterage \| positioning \| posting \| putting \| railway express \| reposition \| shipment \| shipping \| situation \| spotting \| stationing \| stopping \| storage \| stowage \| stuffing \| tampon \| telpherage \| tinning \| toting \| transport \| transportation \| transshipment \| truckage \| wadding \| waft \| waftage \| wagonage \| wainscot See Also \| blister pack \| bubble pack \| bubble wrap \| bundling \| cardboard \| carry \| composition board \| enclosing \| enclosure \| envelopment \| excelsior \| inclosure \| material \| stuff \| wood shavings Packing In Webster's Dictionary \Pack"ing\, n. 1. The act or process of one who packs. 2. Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close. Specifically (Mach.): A substance or piece used to make a joint impervious; as: (a) A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic material inserted between the surfaces of a flange joint. (b) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a piston rod slides. (c) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc. 3. (Masonry) Same as {Filling}. [Rare in the U. S.] 4. A trick; collusion. [Obs.] --Bale. {Cherd packing} (Bridge Building), the arrangement, side by side, of several parts, as bars, diagonals, a post, etc., on a pin at the bottom of a chord. --Waddell. {Packing box}, a stuffing box. See under {Stuffing}. {Packing press}, a powerful press for baling cotton, wool, hay, etc. {Packing ring}. See {Packing}, 2 (c), and Illust. of {Piston}. {Packing sheet}. (a) A large cloth for packing goods. (b) A sheet prepared for packing hydropathic patients.

Packing Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Packing?

[n] carrying something in a pack on the back; "the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts"
[n] the enclosure of something in a package or box
[n] any material used especially to protect something

Synonyms | Synonyms for Packing: backpacking | boxing | packing material | wadding

Packing In Webster's Dictionary

\Pack"ing\, n.
1. The act or process of one who packs.

2. Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close.
   Specifically (Mach.): A substance or piece used to make a
   joint impervious; as:
   (a) A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic
       material inserted between the surfaces of a flange
       joint.
   (b) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a
       piston rod slides.
   (c) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston
       and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc.

3. (Masonry) Same as {Filling}. [Rare in the U. S.]

4. A trick; collusion. [Obs.] --Bale.

{Cherd packing} (Bridge Building), the arrangement, side by
   side, of several parts, as bars, diagonals, a post, etc.,
   on a pin at the bottom of a chord. --Waddell.

{Packing box}, a stuffing box. See under {Stuffing}.

{Packing press}, a powerful press for baling cotton, wool,
   hay, etc.

{Packing ring}. See {Packing}, 2
   (c), and Illust. of {Piston}.

{Packing sheet}.
   (a) A large cloth for packing goods.
   (b) A sheet prepared for packing hydropathic patients.

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