packing

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of putting things into bags or boxes, especially for travel or sending.

   I always leave the packing until the night before a trip.

2. 2
   noun

   Material used to protect things inside a box during transport.

   There was plenty of soft packing around the fragile glasses.

From Middle English pakkynge; equivalent to pack (“verb and noun senses”) + -ing.

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