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packed

packed

12 1.3
Pressed tightly together in a small space
  • adjective
  • /pækt/
translation icon : compacto
  • Yeah, the kitchen's mostly packed.

This is a very densely packed brush.

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Examples

  • Here though, everything is packed so tight.

  • The guy-made path they followed was wide and winding, the ground hard-packed and smooth.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • And for one glorious week out of the year, we are packed into that house.

  • Standing in the driveway next to their packed car, sad and angry.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Rachel came out of the trailer with a packed suitcase and headed for the car.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Within minutes, the entrance was thoroughly sealed; not a whirr could get through the packed mass of greenery.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The floor of the smokehouse was so packed and greasy that the flame cast glints off it.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Rajah pulled into a hard-packed lot beside a greasy garage.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Brandy loved the tight-packed zigzag clouds of early morning, like a fish's scales.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The packed suitcase barely fit in the trunk of the car.

Synonyms

dense
vspacked
9 3.2

Crowded with people or things packed closely together

focuses more on physical pressing into mass rather than internal compactness
chock-a-block
vspacked
  • UK
1 8.2

So full that there is little or no space

is about close physical pressing into a compact mass rather than general crowding
close-packed
vspacked
1 4.9

Items that have almost no space between them

is about being pressed into a tight mass rather than perfectly gapless
compressed
vspacked
1 3.7

Pressed firmly together or made smaller to save space

is the general sense of being pressed together into a compact mass
cram full
vspacked
3.0

Completely filled with things, like a bag or pocket, so nothing else fits

is about being pressed or compressed into a tight mass rather than merely full
stuffed
vspacked
2.2

Filled with something inside, often for cooking or as a toy

is about being pressed together into a tight mass, not just filled
consolidated
vspacked
4.6

Become a hard, solid mass that holds together

focuses on physical compression, not on becoming stronger or unified

Antonyms

70 1.0

Not tightly packed with many spaces between parts

uncompressed
  • Specialized
1 4.6

Files that have their original size and quality, like images or audio

Idioms

1 4.9

Completely full of people or things with no space left

Compounds

70 2.5

Full of many people or things

packed cells
  • Specialized
4 4.9

A blood product used to raise red blood cell levels without adding much fluid

packed cell volume
  • Specialized
6.3

The percentage of blood made up of red blood cells

How Dense

dense
9 3.2
compressed
1 3.7
packed
12 1.3
compact
60 4.1
clustered
4.1

Surface Forms

packed positive

Morphology

packed = pack (transparent) = pack + ed

The sense 'pressed together or compressed' follows directly from the verb 'pack' combined with the participial '-ed' to form an adjectival meaning.

Etymology

Packed comes from the verb pack, which can also mean 'to press things together', like when you pack a suitcase or when snow is pressed hard. So 'packed' describes things that are compressed into a tight, dense mass.