packaging

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packaging

  • /ˈpæ.kə.dʒɪŋ/

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of package

noun packagings

  1. uncountable, usually The act of packing something.
  2. uncountable, usually The materials used to pack something. Nearly 200 chemicals connected to breast cancer are used in the making of food packaging and plastic tableware, and dozens of those carcinogens can migrate into the human body, a new study found.
  3. uncountable, usually The industry that produces such material.
  4. broadly, uncountable, usually The manner in which a person or product is promoted. Do Amaral seems to belong more to a Europian ^([sic]) tradition than to any of the artistic pigeonholes currently in vogue in the States. His failure to show allegiance to any one medium makes him resistant to the relentless packaging that is a feature even of much avant garde American art.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: parcel, packet, bundle, box, packed, packing, enclosure, bundling, fastener, container, stowage, wrapping, pack, wrapper, bagging, wrap

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noun the act of packing something

Españolenvoltura, empaquetado, empaquetadura
中文包裝 /包装 bāozhuāng, 打包 dǎbāo
DeutschPacken
Românăîmpachetare
Русскийпакети́рование paketírovanije, упако́вка upakóvka

noun the materials used to pack something

Españolempaque, convoluto
中文包裝 /包装 bāozhuāng, 包裝材料 /包装材料 bāozhuāng cáiliào
Françaisemballage
DeutschVerpackung
Italianoimballaggio
Ελληνικάαμπαλάρισμα ampalárisma
Русскийупако́вка upakóvka

noun the industry that produces such material

中文包裝業 /包装业
DeutschVerpackungsindustrie

noun the manner in which a person or product is promoted

Españolenvoltura
中文包裝 /包装 bāozhuāng, 塑造 sùzào
DeutschPräsentation

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@misc{packaging_2026,
  title = {packaging},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/packaging},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}