packing B1 Topic:Space, Position & Direction US /ˈpækɪŋ/ UK /ˈpakɪŋ/ See IPA manual Freq #4320 Meanings 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 noun Material used to protect things inside a box during transport. There was plenty of soft packing around the fragile glasses. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the act of putting things... boxing 2 noun · material used to protect... packing materialwadding Word family Forms packings Derived forms co-packingcourt-packingmeatpackermeatpackingpacking-casepacking-needlepackinghousepackinglesssubpackingunderpacking Related forms backpackingpackerpackmakerpackmaking Common collocations meat packing Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English pakkynge; equivalent to pack (“verb and noun senses”) + -ing. pakkynge Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Space, Position & Direction External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # packing **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈpækɪŋ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpakɪŋ/ **Frequency rank:** 4320 ## Meanings 1. The act of putting things into bags or boxes, especially for travel or sending. 2. Material used to protect things inside a box during transport. ## Examples - I always leave the packing until the night before a trip. - There was plenty of soft packing around the fragile glasses. ## Derived Forms - co-packing - court-packing - meatpacker - meatpacking - packing-case - packing-needle - packinghouse - packingless - subpacking - underpacking ## Related Forms - backpacking - packer - packmaker - packmaking ## Roots and Affixes - Root: pakkynge ## Etymology From Middle English pakkynge; equivalent to pack (“verb and noun senses”) + -ing. ## AI Etymology Packing comes from Middle English pakkynge; equivalent to pack (“verb and noun senses”) + -ing. Modern senses include the act of putting things into bags or boxes, especially for travel or sending and material used to protect things inside a box during transport. The wider word family includes derivatives such as co-packing, court-packing, meatpacker, meatpacking, packing-case, and packing-needle and related forms such as backpacking, packer, packmaker, and packmaking. ## Topics - Space, Position & Direction markdown