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packaging

/ˈpæ.kə.dʒɪŋ/

packaging is the present participle and gerund of package.

Noun

packaging (usually uncountable, plural packagings)

  1. (usually) The act of packing something.
  2. (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.2024 September 24, Sandee LaMotte, “Chemicals linked to breast cancer leach into our foods, study finds”, in CNN
  3. (usually) The industry that produces such material.
  4. (broadly, 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.1982 December 18, Rob Schmieder, “A Welcome Anomaly”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 22, page 10

Meaning of package

Verb

package (third-person singular simple present packages, present participle packaging, simple past and past participle packaged)

  1. To pack or bundle something.
  2. To travel on a package holiday.
  3. To prepare (a book, a television series, etc.), including all stages from research to production, in order to sell the result to a publisher or broadcaster.

See all 14 meanings of package

Forms of packaging

pluralpackagings

Words formed from packaging

Phrases with packaging

Questions about packaging

What does packaging mean?
Packaging means the act of packing something.
What is packaging the present participle and gerund of?
Packaging is the present participle and gerund of package.
What part of speech is packaging?
Packaging is a noun.
How do you pronounce packaging?
Packaging is pronounced /ˈpæ.kə.dʒɪŋ/.
What is the plural of packaging?
The plural of packaging is packagings.

Words near packaging in the dictionary

  1. packaged petroleum product
  2. packaged petroleum products
  3. packager
  4. packagers
  5. packages
  6. packaging
  7. packaging gas
  8. packaging gases
  9. packagings
  10. Packard
  11. packaway

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