packed

[pakt]

adjective

1. filled to capacity; full.

   They've had a packed theater for every performance.

2. pressed together; dense; compressed.

   packed snow.

3. abundantly supplied with a specified element (used in combination).

   an action-packed movie.

packed

/ pækt /

adjective

1. completely filled; full

   a packed theatre

2. (of a picnic type of meal) prepared and put in a container or containers beforehand; prepacked

   a packed lunch

Other Word Forms

• mispacked adjective
• well-packed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of packed¹

First recorded in 1770–80; pack ¹ + -ed ²

Example Sentences

It also offers warehouse-style display shelves packed with goods like lip balm, perfume, false nails and foot cream.

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With Australia superstar Sam Kerr also to return, their squad remains one packed with talent, and they know how to win.

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"One teacher has mentioned to us that they are concerned about crushing trying to get onto packed buses."

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Kris Hamer from the British Retail Consortium said July was a "good month for retail sales, as the warm, sunny weather and packed sporting schedule in the first half of the month got people spending".

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For her book launch earlier this week, hundreds packed into the cavernous women's college auditorium in Kochi - fittingly called the Mother Mary Hall - with an overflow crowd watching on a live stream outside.

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