packaging — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The act of packing something.

   Usage

   • Uncountable
   • usually

2. The materials used to pack something.

   Usage

   • Uncountable
   • usually

   Examples

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   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.

3. The industry that produces such material.

   Usage

   • Uncountable
   • usually

4. The manner in which a person or product is promoted.

   Usage

   • broadly
   • Uncountable
   • usually

   Examples

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   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.

Noun

1. the business of packing

   Broader terms

   commercial enterprisebusiness enterprisebusiness

   Examples

   his business is packaging for transport

2. a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution

   Synonyms

   promotionpromopublicitypromotional material

   Broader terms

   messagecontentsubject mattersubstance

   Examples

   the packaging of new ideas

3. material used to make packages

   Broader terms

   material