blister pack
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈblɪstər pæk/
:
blíster
- The pharmacy sold the medicine in a convenient blister pack that kept the tablets fresh.
Examples
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If the drug is something in a blister pack, for example, the branded ones always seem to be less of a pain to get out than the generics.
Blog text (23) -
More specifically: the company inverted the blister pack, which put the pills out of order.
Blog text (23) -
For twenty years, I never left the house without a blister pack of Children's Tylenol.
Fiction book (2000) -
Like we've all received those little SIM cards in blister packs that are huge.
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She carefully opened the blister pack to take out the bandages inside.
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Each blister pack contains ten individual capsules for easy use.
Synonyms
1
3.0
A clear plastic cover with small bubbles that holds a product on a piece of cardboard
How Protective
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly inferable from combining 'blister' (a raised, bubble-like covering) with 'pack' (a package): it denotes a package that uses a blister-shaped plastic cover. This is a straightforward noun+noun compound describing a physical form and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to understand it.
Etymology
Blister pack: The noun blister pack comes from the clear plastic blister that makes small bubbles over each tablet and the pack that holds them on a cardboard backing. That's why it means a sealed package that keeps each item fresh and clean.