Meaning

8 senses
  1. A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation

    He works as a pork packer.

    a household goods packer

    Verpacker, Verpackerin, Packer

    упако́вщикupakóvščik, упако́вщицаupakóvščica

    a workman employed to pack things into containers

  2. A software program that compresses code or data.

  3. (US)A ring of packing or a special device to render gastight and watertight the space between the tubing and bore of an oil well.

  4. An artificial penis or similar object worn by a drag king, trans man, etc., inside the trousers.

  5. (New Zealand)An object inserted to hold a space open for the purpose of alignment; a spacer or shim.

  6. (dated)A kind of trunk for luggage.

  7. (Australia)A packhorse.

  8. (Nigeria)A dustpan.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
person packing things:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person packing things:

Origin

From Middle English pakker, pakkere, packare, equivalent to pack + -er.

From Middle English pakker, pakkere, packare, equivalent to pack + -er.

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Forms

plural: packers
Singularpacker
Pluralpackers

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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