packed
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1.3
- adjective
- /pækt/
- Yeah, the kitchen's mostly packed.
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Watch on YouTubeThis is a very densely packed brush.
- This is a very densely packed brush.
- You can't move the molecules if they solid, they packed together, they too close.
- And so it was kind of groomed snow, but hard packed snow and ice.
Examples
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Here though, everything is packed so tight.
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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.
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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
183
2.2
Filled with something inside, often for cooking or as a toy
56
3.2
Crowded with people or things packed closely together
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3.7
Pressed firmly together or made smaller to save space
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3.0
Completely filled with things, like a bag or pocket, so nothing else fits
2
4.6
Become a hard, solid mass that holds together
2
8.2
So full that there is little or no space
1
4.9
Items that have almost no space between them
Antonyms
- Specialized
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4.6
Files that have their original size and quality, like images or audio
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
4
4.9
A blood product used to raise red blood cell levels without adding much fluid
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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.