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packaway

packaway is the alternative form of pack-away.

Meaning of pack-away

Adjective

pack-away (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being folded up or disassembled for storage.
    • The idea is for a pack-away theatre: a fully-equipped, two-hundred seater theatre building which can be dismantled and packed away, not quite into a suit-case, but into four freight-containers of the kind used for transport by road or rail — and which in this case can be used to convey our theatre.1982, Theatre Ireland - Volumes 1-5, page 78
  2. Available for storing items that are not in use.
    • In the good old Summer time you need pack-away space and plenty of it.1903, The Unitarian Register - Volume 82, page 872
  3. That must be packed away between uses.
    • Pack-away settings raise particular challenges in creating enabling environments.2013, Zenna Kingdon, Jan Gourd, Early Years Policy: The impact on practice

Questions about packaway

What is packaway the alternative form of?
Packaway is the alternative form of pack-away.

Words near packaway in the dictionary

  1. packaging
  2. packaging gas
  3. packaging gases
  4. packagings
  5. Packard
  6. packaway
  7. packboard
  8. packboards
  9. packcloth
  10. packcloths
  11. Packe

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