packing

1. The action of the verb.

   (countable, uncountable)The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.

2. (countable, uncountable)The spatial arrangement of objects, items or constituent parts.

3. (countable, uncountable)The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack.

4. (countable, uncountable)The forming of players into a scrum.

5. As a concrete noun.

   (countable, uncountable)Material used to fill in the space around something, especially to make a piston etc. watertight or airtight.

   any material used especially to protect something

6. (countable, uncountable)Material used to wrap a product for sale etc.; packaging.

7. (countable, uncountable)A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging.

8. (countable, uncountable)Special material used to fill containers or vessels for certain chemically related applications.

   Packing in a packed bed, or a column such as a distillation column or a chromatography column

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