packer
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈpækər/
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- Their fathers were once engineers and lawyers, but now they are sorters and packers at UPS.
- packer truck
- rear-loading packer
I need to make a list of all the things that I need to do before the Packers Pack and all the things that I want to pack myself.
- I need to make a list of all the things that I need to do before the Packers Pack and all the things that I want to pack myself.
Examples
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The packers are coming back on Thursday, so I guess you and I have a heap of work ahead of us.
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Many packers, like Stemilt, pack fruit from their own considerable holdings as well as the fruit of others.
Fiction book (1999) -
I am a packer at the shipping port.
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I'll send the packers this afternoon.
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In addition to city packer trucks, Lake Forest residents drop off yard trimmings at the site with their cars.
Academic text (1996) -
Separate packer trucks collect the biowaste and transport it to the facility.
Academic text (1998) -
Fruit packers and processors have acquired a few very large farms, while the smaller farms have been subdivided through inheritance.
Academic text (2000) -
But some foreign food buyers require growers and packers to take special steps to ensure that the fruit exported from the United States is free of certain pests.
Academic text (2002) -
At the transfer station, yard trimmings are unloaded from vacuum or packer trucks, then reloaded into tractor trailers.
Academic text (1995) -
As a packer, my job is to carefully arrange fragile items in boxes for shipment.
Synonyms
54
5.8
A person who packs items into boxes for shipping
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2.5
A person who puts groceries into bags for customers
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3.5
A person or machine that puts products into boxes and wraps them for sale
A worker who packs and moves boxes in a warehouse
A person who puts groceries into bags at checkout
Compounds
- Slur
2
9.9
An offensive slang word people use to insult a gay man or someone who avoids hard choices
How Comprehensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Packer comes from the verb pack ('to put things into a bundle or box') plus the person part -er meaning 'one who'. That makes a packer someone whose job is to put goods into boxes or packages for storage or transport.