packed

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/pækt/

adj 3

Collocations

ADJ.

excited, left, normal, wooden

The wooden boxes were packed carefully into the moving van yesterday afternoon.

VERB + PACKED

seems, sent, smoking, store, train

We sent the kids off to summer camp with a packed lunch and snacks.

PACKED + NOUN

bags, capacity, customers, everything, goodness, lunch, people, sardines

The restaurant was packed with customers during the lunch rush on Friday night.

PREP.

in, into, up, with

We packed up all our belongings and moved to a new apartment last month.

ADV.

already, always, hastily

We hastily packed our bags when we heard the storm was coming.

Definitions

adj

Put into a package.

packed lunch

Filled with a large number or large quantity of something.

packed with goodness

[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.

Filled to capacity with people.

The bus was packed and I couldn't get on.

On a steamy summer late afternoon the Luzhniki was once again packed. It is a vast space, with a roof that almost closes in on itself capturing the air like a superheated bubble.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — extremely crowed or filled to capacity

jammed
jam-packed

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

packed to the gills

Completely packed; very full or crowded.

Near-synonym: stuffed to the gills

packed to the rafters

Completely full (of things, of stuff); packed; stuffed.

The second reason his disliking of objects seems implausible is that I'm interviewing him in his Victorian terrace house in Islington – and it is packed to the rafters, often rathe

Example Bank

packed lunch

Wiktionary

packed with goodness

Wiktionary

All the coaches of the train were packed to capacity ten minutes before it started.

Tatoeba · #43436

The department store is always packed with customers.

Tatoeba · #50231

The restaurant is always packed.

Tatoeba · #68594

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, packed is marked as colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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