PACKING Synonyms

• fighting with the fists

• the enclosure of something in a package or box

• a onetime custom during courtship of unmarried couples occupying the same bed without undressing

• the act of binding something into a bundle

• the act of shoving hastily

• a natural object that covers or envelops

• an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)

• the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it

• the act of protecting something by covering it

• the work of applying something

• the act of enclosing something inside something else

• surrounding and closing in on or hemming in

• the business of packing

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

• material used to make packages

• the act of treating something to make it repel water

• the act of packing or storing away

• a recording made on magnetic tape

• the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped

• an enveloping bandage

• a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping

• the quantity contained in a crate

• put into a crate; as for protection

• free from fear or doubt; easy in mind

• free from danger or risk

• not likely to fail or give way

• immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with

• financially safe

• get by special effort

• cause to be firmly attached

• assure payment of

• make certain of

• fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

• furnish with battens

• a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

• a supply of something available for future use

• an electronic memory device

• a depository for goods

• keep or lay aside for future use

• find a place for and put away for storage

• (medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure

• a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure

• (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)

• tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it

• secure with or as if with ropes

• support structurally

• closely and firmly united or packed together

• a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse

• a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action

• a small and economical car

• having a short and solid form or stature

• briefly giving the gist of something

• have the property of being packable or of compacting easily

• compress into a wad

• make more compact by or as if by pressing

• squeeze or press together

• a disorderly crowd of people

• a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

• an association of criminals

• press tightly together or cram

• a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder

• hike with a backpack

• an army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies

• a large indefinite quantity

• a collection of things wrapped or boxed together

• a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing

• a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)

• make into a bundle

• gather or cause to gather into a cluster

• compress into a wad

• sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed