packing box
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈpækɪŋ bɑks/
:
caja de embalaje
- The moving company delivered several large packing boxes for us to use during the relocation.
- one of the packing boxes
Examples
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The new refrigerator is in the laundry room, halfway out of its packing box.
Fiction book (1994) -
I stand in my apartment and stare at an unopened Gateway black-and-white cow computer packing box in the middle of the living room.
Fiction book (2001) -
All around him lay packing boxes, some empty, many not.
Fiction book (1990) -
Sam knocked one of the packing boxes over.
Fiction book (2002) -
They're carrying packing boxes into the house they share in the Old Town section of Chicago.
Fiction book (1993) -
She runs over to one of the packing boxes and opens it.
Fiction book (1993) -
The unopened packing box with its black and white motif sits in the center of the floor.
Fiction book (2001) -
They forgot he might have wanted toys, but when did a young one ever need toys when there are pebbles, sticks, flat pieces of slate, pots and pans, and packing boxes?
Fiction book (2001) -
I, with three Azande carpenters, began to repair packing boxes, make new ones, and prepare all our collections for the three weeks' overland safari down to Stanleyville, where, at last, they could be put on a river steamer.
Academic text (1990) -
He keeps glancing in at Leonard, who’s wandering around the dining room, navigating around packing boxes to browse at the spines of books.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
245
1.3
A thing that holds or stores items, for example a box
189
1.7
A strong wooden box for storing or moving things and the amount inside it
58
1.0
A box made of cardboard with a top that opens for storing things
37
1.0
A box made of cardboard used for packing or storing things
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3.1
A large metal box used to carry goods on ships, trains, or trucks
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2.3
A large strong box used to hold goods for storage or shipping
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3.2
A wooden box for storing or carrying things like firewood
A large wooden box used for storing or moving goods
A large outer container that holds and protects packages during transport
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Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built from 'packing' + 'box' so a learner who knows both words would likely infer a container related to packing material (e.g., a box with foam). However, the provided technical sense (a sealed chamber compressing packing around a shaft) is specialized and not directly predictable from the everyday meanings, so the expression is not fully transparent to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Packing box comes from the simple image of a packing box that people fill with items and soft material to protect them when they are sent or stored. So it means a large container used for packing goods before shipment or storage.