Meanings
plural packing cases · alternative packing-case
- A large, sturdy box or wooden crate used for the secure shipment of goods.
[T]he flat packing-case containing the portrait in oils and the three carbon photographs had been pushed under the bed.
1902, Joseph Conrad, “The End of the Tether”, in Youth: A Narrative: And Two Other Stories, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and sons, →OCLC, part III, page 2061 more example
In one place, there was a new wooden church, which, having no steeple, and being yet unpainted, looked like an enormous packing-case without any direction upon it.
1842, Charles Dickens, “An American Railroad. Lowell and Its Factory System.”, in American Notes for General Circulation. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, pages 152–153
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish pakkauslaatikko
- pakkauslaatikkoa large, sturdy box or wooden crate used for the secure shipment of goods
Māori kēhi whakamātā
- kēhi whakamātāa large, sturdy box or wooden crate used for the secure shipment of goods
Swedish packlår
- packlåra large, sturdy box or wooden crate used for the secure shipment of goods
Cite this entry
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