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   pack

   /pak/

   noun

   • 1. a small cardboard or paper container and the items contained within it: "a pack of cigarettes" Similar packetcontainerpackageboxcratecartonparcel
   • ▪ a set of playing cards.
   • ▪ a collection of related documents, especially one kept in a folder: "an information pack"
   • ▪ a quantity of fish, fruit, or other foods packed or canned in a particular season.
   • 2. a group of wild animals, especially wolves, living and hunting together: "a pack of wolves will encircle an ailing prey" Similar groupherdtroop
   • ▪ a group of hounds kept and used for hunting: "the lead hound gives tongue and the pack takes off, following the line of scent"
   • ▪ an organized group of Cub Scouts or Brownies.
   • ▪ the main body of competitors following the leader or leaders in a race or competition: "Price broke from the pack to pursue him"
   • ▪ a group of similar things or people, especially one regarded as unpleasant: "the reports were a pack of lies"
   • ▪ a team's forwards considered as a group: "I had doubts about Swansea's pack at the beginning of the season"
   • 3. a rucksack: "we picked up our packs and trudged off" Similar backpackrucksackknapsackkitbagduffel bagbagsatchelloadluggage
   • 4. an expanse of large pieces of floating ice driven together into a nearly continuous mass, as occurs in polar seas.
   • 5. a hot or cold pad of absorbent material, especially as used for treating an injury.
   • ▪ short for face pack

   verb

   • 1. fill (a suitcase or bag) with clothes and other items needed for travel: "I packed a bag and left" Similar fillfill upput things inloadstuffcram
   • ▪ place (something) in a container for transport, storage, or sale: "Elizabeth packed a sandwich in a bum bag to snack on" Similar stowput awaystorebox upcrateput in a case/trunk
   • ▪ be capable of being folded up for transport or storage: "a pneumatic igloo tent that packs away compactly"
   • ▪ store (something perishable) in a specified substance in order to preserve it: "the organs were packed in ice"
   • 2. cram a large number of things into: "it was a large room, packed with beds jammed side by side"
   • ▪ (of a large number of people) crowd into and fill (a room, building, or place): "students recently packed a hall to hear the poet"
   • ▪ cover, surround, or fill (something): "if you have a nosebleed, try packing the nostrils with cotton wool" Similar wrap (up)packageparceltie (up)swatheswaddleencaseenfoldenvelopcloakbalebundlecover (up)protectthrongcrowd (into)fill (to overflowing)cram fullmobcramjampress intosquash intosqueeze into
   • 3. carry (a gun): informal "he packs a gun and keeps it at the ready"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German pak (noun), pakken (verb). The verb appears early in Anglo-Latin and Anglo-Norman French in connection with the wool trade; trade in English wool was chiefly with the Low Countries.

   Derivatives

   • 1. packable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 12

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPACK | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   PACK definition: 1. to put something into a bag, box, etc.: 2. to put a material around something before putting it…. Learn more.

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › packPack Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   pack: [noun] a bundle arranged for convenience in carrying especially on the back. a group or pile of related objects. a number of individual components packaged as a unit. container. a compact unitized assembly to perform a specific function. a stack of magnetic disks in a container for use as a storage device.

4. www.dictionary.com › browse › packPACK Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Pack definition: a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person. See examples of PACK used in a sentence.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPACK definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   37 meanings: 1. a. a bundle or load, esp one carried on the back b. (as modifier) 2. a collected amount of anything 3. a.... Click for more definitions.

6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › packPack - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   A pack is a container of something, especially one made of sturdy paper. You might run to the store for a pack of batteries for your new clock and a pack of crayons for your new coloring book.

7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishpack verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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   protect [transitive] pack something (in/with something) to protect something that breaks easily by surrounding it with soft material The paintings were carefully packed in newspaper. preserve food [transitive] pack something (in something) to preserve food in a particular substance fish packed in ice; fill [intransitive, transitive] to fill something with a lot of people or things + adv./prep.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishPACK | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   PACK definition: 1. to put your things into bags or boxes when you are going on holiday or leaving the place where…. Learn more.

9. www.thefreedictionary.com › packPack - definition of pack by The Free Dictionary

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   Define pack. pack synonyms, pack pronunciation, pack translation, English dictionary definition of pack. small package of similar items: a pack of tissues; bundle; a group of people, animals, or things: pack of wolves Not to be confused with: pact – formal...

10. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarypack | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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    pack meaning: 1. to put your things into bags or boxes when you are going on holiday or leaving the place where…. Learn more.

11. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishpack noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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    [countable] (especially North American English) a container, usually made of paper, that holds a number of the same thing or an amount of something, ready to be sold pack of something a pack of cigarettes/gum; You can buy the envelopes in packs of ten. a family pack (= one big enough for a family) of crisps ; compare package, packet see also blister pack, bubble pack, flat-pack, power pack, six-pack