Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of package
plural packagings
- uncountableusuallyThe act of packing something.
- uncountableusuallyThe 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 - uncountableusuallyThe industry that produces such material.
- broadlyuncountableusuallyThe 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan embalatge
- embalatgethe materials used to pack something
Chinese Mandarin 包裝 /包装, 打包
- 包裝 /包装 (bāozhuāng)the act of packing something
- 打包 (dǎbāo)the act of packing something
- 包裝 /包装 (bāozhuāng)the materials used to pack something
- 包裝材料 /包装材料 (bāozhuāng cáiliào)the materials used to pack something
- 包裝業 /包装业the industry that produces such material
- 包裝 /包装 (bāozhuāng)the manner in which a person or product is promoted
- 塑造 (sùzào)the manner in which a person or product is promoted
Dutch verpakking
- verpakkingthe materials used to pack something
Finnish paketointi, pakkaaminen
- paketointithe act of packing something
- pakkaaminenthe act of packing something
- pakkausmateriaalithe materials used to pack something
- pakkausteollisuusthe industry that produces such material
- asuthe manner in which a person or product is promoted
- pakkausthe manner in which a person or product is promoted
French emballage
- emballagethe materials used to pack something
German Packen, Verpackung
- Packenthe act of packing something
- Verpackungthe materials used to pack something
- Verpackungsindustriethe industry that produces such material
- Präsentationthe manner in which a person or product is promoted
Greek αμπαλάρισμα
- αμπαλάρισμα (ampalárisma)the materials used to pack something
Indonesian pengemasan, kemasan
- pengemasanthe act of packing something
- kemasanthe materials used to pack something
Italian imballaggio
- imballaggiothe materials used to pack something
Norwegian innpakking, pakketering
- innpakkingthe act of packing something
- pakketeringthe act of packing something
Polish pakowanie, opakowanie
- pakowaniethe act of packing something
- opakowaniethe materials used to pack something
- przemysł opakowańthe industry that produces such material
- prezentacjathe manner in which a person or product is promoted
Romanian împachetare
- împachetarethe act of packing something
Russian пакети́рование, упако́вка
- пакети́рование (paketírovanije)the act of packing something
- упако́вка (upakóvka)the act of packing something
- упако́вка (upakóvka)the materials used to pack something
Spanish envoltura, empaquetado
- envolturathe act of packing something
- empaquetadothe act of packing something
- empaquetadurathe act of packing something
- empaquethe materials used to pack something
- convolutothe materials used to pack something
- envolturathe manner in which a person or product is promoted
Swedish förpackningsmaterial, emballage
- förpackningsmaterialthe materials used to pack something
- emballagethe materials used to pack something
- förpackningsindustrithe industry that produces such material
Cite this entry
packaging. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/packaging
“packaging.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/packaging. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “packaging,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/packaging.
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