pack

A2 Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /pæk/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like peck /ɛ/ vs /æ/ Sounds like pock /æ/ vs /ɑ/

Freq #1522

Meanings

1

verb
To put things into a bag, box, or case, especially for travel or storage.

Don't forget to pack the books into the boxes before we move.
2

verb
To fill a place completely with people.

The crowd packed the auditorium long before the show began.
3

noun
A bundle of things tied together to be carried, especially on your back.

The horses carried the heavy packs across the plain.

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2 verb · to fill a place completely... jam cram

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unpack

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Forms packs

Derived forms airpackartpackbackpackbagpackbeltpackbipackbodypackbrickpackcopackcoursepackdaypackdepack

Etymology

From Middle English pak, pakke, from Old English *pæcca and/or Middle Dutch pak, packe; both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô (“bundle, pack”). Cognate with Dutch pak (“pack”), Low German Pack (“pack”), German Pack (“pack”), Swedish packe (“pack”), Icelandic pakka, pakki (“package”).

pak Middle Dutch *pæcca Old English *pakkō Proto-West Germanic *pakkô Proto-Germanic

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# pack

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /pæk/
**Frequency rank:** 1522

## Meanings
1. To put things into a bag, box, or case, especially for travel or storage.
2. To fill a place completely with people.
3. A bundle of things tied together to be carried, especially on your back.

## Examples
- Don't forget to pack the books into the boxes before we move.
- The crowd packed the auditorium long before the show began.
- The horses carried the heavy packs across the plain.

## Antonyms
- unpack

## Derived Forms
- airpack
- artpack
- backpack
- bagpack
- beltpack
- bipack
- bodypack
- brickpack
- copack
- coursepack
- daypack
- depack

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: pak
- Root: *pæcca
- Root: *pakkō
- Root: *pakkô

## Etymology
From Middle English pak, pakke, from Old English *pæcca and/or Middle Dutch pak, packe; both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô (“bundle, pack”). Cognate with Dutch pak (“pack”), Low German Pack (“pack”), German Pack (“pack”), Swedish packe (“pack”), Icelandic pakka, pakki (“package”).

## AI Etymology
Pack comes from Middle English pak, pakke, from Old English *pæcca and/or Middle Dutch pak, packe; both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô (“bundle, pack”). Cognate with Dutch pak (“pack”), Low German Pack (“pack”), German Pack (“pack”), Swedish packe (“pack”), Icelandic pakka, pakki (“package”). Modern senses include to put things into a bag, box, or case, especially for travel or storage and to fill a place completely with people. The wider word family includes derivatives such as airpack, artpack, backpack, bagpack, beltpack, and bipack.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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