PACKING NUT Synonyms

• any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream

• any material used especially to protect something

• the enclosure of something in a package or box

• carrying something in a pack on the back

• a characteristic sound

• a toroidal shape

• a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling

• (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop

• an association of criminals

• the sound of a bell ringing

• a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle

• jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger

• a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)

• sound loudly and sonorously

• ring or echo with sound

• make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification

• get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

• extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

• attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify

• a nut used to tighten a stuffing box