Packets - English meaning

Packets – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A paper or cardboard container, typically one in which goods are sold.
Usage examples:
One man was fined £ 25 for dropping a crisp packet from his car window
Synonims:
PackCartonBoxCardboard boxContainerCasePackageParcelPadded bagJiffy bag
noun
A block of data transmitted across a network.
Usage examples:
Packet switching involves dividing messages into packets and individually transmitting them across …
noun
A large sum of money.
Usage examples:
A hectic social life could cost a packet
Synonims:
A fortuneA king's ransomA small fortuneMillionsBillionsLots/pots/heaps of moneyA mintA bundleA wadA pileA stackA heapA tidy sumA killingA pretty pennyTelephone numbersA bombL
noun
A ship travelling at regular intervals between two ports, originally for the conveyance of mail.
Usage examples:
It was built to serve the mail packet boat from milford haven.

verb
Make up into or wrap up in a packet.
Usage examples:
I grew my own sunflowers and packeted the seeds

Packets translation into English

Packets: translate from English into Chinese

数据包, 包, 小包

Packets: translate from English into Dutch

Pakjes, Pakket, Pakje, Pakketboot, Inpakken

Packets: translate from English into French

Paquets, Paquet, Colis

Packets: translate from English into German

Pakete, Paket, Päckchen, Packung, Schachtel, Beutel, Tüte, Sendung, Packetboot

Packets: translate from English into Hindi

पैकेट, पोटली, छोटा पार्सल, छोटा पुलिंदा, डाक की नाव

Packets: translate from English into Italian

Pacchetti, Pacchetto

Packets: translate from English into Korean

패킷, 한 묶음, 다발, 우편선, 상당한 금액

Packets: translate from English into Russian

Пакеты, Пакет, Пачка, Пакетбот, Связка, Куча, Куш, Куча денег, Группа, Масса, Пуля, Снаряд, Заворачивать в пакет, Почтово-пассажирское судно

Packets: translate from English into Spanish

Paquetes, Paquete, Sobre, Cajetilla, Dineral, Paquebote, Montón, Envasar, Empaquetar, Comunicación falsa, Bala, Tía

Word origin

mid 16th century: diminutive of pack1, perhaps from Anglo-Norman French; compare with Anglo-Latin paccettum .

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Packets – similar words

packeting

verb
Make up into or wrap up in a packet.
Usage examples:
I grew my own sunflowers and packeted the seeds

noun
A paper or cardboard container, typically one in which goods are sold.
Usage examples:
One man was fined £ 25 for dropping a crisp packet from his car window

noun
A block of data transmitted across a network.
Usage examples:
Packet switching involves dividing messages into packets and individually transmitting them across …

Packeting - all meanings in English

packeted

verb
Make up into or wrap up in a packet.
Usage examples:
I grew my own sunflowers and packeted the seeds

noun
A paper or cardboard container, typically one in which goods are sold.
Usage examples:
One man was fined £ 25 for dropping a crisp packet from his car window

noun
A block of data transmitted across a network.
Usage examples:
Packet switching involves dividing messages into packets and individually transmitting them across …

Packeted - all meanings in English

packet

noun
A paper or cardboard container, typically one in which goods are sold.
Usage examples:
One man was fined £ 25 for dropping a crisp packet from his car window

verb
Make up into or wrap up in a packet.
Usage examples:
I grew my own sunflowers and packeted the seeds

Packet - all meanings in English

Packets synonims

a bomb

noun
A weapon that explodes
Usage examples:
Was there any warning before the bomb went off?, the last play was a bomb., they bombed enemy airfi…

noun
To cost a lot of money
Usage examples:
Bank loans, if available at all, cost a bomb., they made a bomb selling scrap metal., the movie bom…

A bomb - all meanings in English

a bundle

idiom
To earn a lot of money
Usage examples:
They made a bundle selling their business.

A bundle - all meanings in English

a fortune

idiom
An amount of money that seems to be a lot
Usage examples:
Getting the car fixed will cost a small fortune.

A fortune - all meanings in English

a heap

idiom
A lot of something
Usage examples:
I've got a whole heap of work to do.

A heap - all meanings in English

a killing

idiom
To earn a lot of money in a short time and with little effort
Usage examples:
They made a killing with the sale of their london house.

A killing - all meanings in English

a pile

idiom
To earn a large amount of money
Usage examples:
He made a pile selling computers and retired by the time he was 40.

A pile - all meanings in English

a pretty penny

idiom
To be very expensive
Usage examples:
That coat must have cost you a pretty penny!

A pretty penny - all meanings in English

a small fortune

idiom
An amount of money that seems to be a lot
Usage examples:
Getting the car fixed will cost a small fortune.

A small fortune - all meanings in English

a tidy sum

noun
A particular amount of money
Usage examples:
The sum involved in the sale was not reported., the sum of seven and twelve is nineteen., in sum, t…

noun
An amount of money
Usage examples:
Share price slid by 1p to 142p fuelled by concerns that the company might offer too generous a sum …

A tidy sum - all meanings in English

billions

ˈbɪl.jən

number
The number equivalent to the product of a thousand and a million; 1,000,000,000 or 109.
Usage examples:
A world population of nearly 5 billion

cardinal number
The number equivalent to the product of a thousand and a million; 1,000,000,000 or 10⁹
Usage examples:
A world population of nearly 5 billion

number
1,000,000,000
Usage examples:
Congress cut spending by $255 billion., four hurricanes battered florida, causing billions of dolla…

Billions - all meanings in English

box

bɒks

noun
A container with a flat base and sides, typically square or rectangular and having a lid.
Usage examples:
A cigarette box

verb
Put in or provide with a box.
Usage examples:
Each piece is boxed with a certificate of authenticity

noun
A slap with the hand on the side of a person's head.
Usage examples:
She gave him a box on the ear

Box - all meanings in English

carton

ˈkɑː.tən

noun
A small, light box or container in which drinks or foodstuffs are packaged.
Usage examples:
A carton of milk

noun
A box made from cardboard for storing goods, or a container made from cardboard or plastic in which esp. milk or fruit juice is sold

noun
A box made from thick cardboard, used for storing or transporting goods
Usage examples:
The company uses agency workers to pack computer monitors into shipping cartons., a carton of sth a…

Carton - all meanings in English

case

keɪs

noun
An instance of a particular situation; an example of something occurring.
Usage examples:
A case of mistaken identity

verb
Surround in a material or substance.
Usage examples:
The towers are of steel cased in granite

noun
A particular situation or example of something
Usage examples:
We don’t normally accept credits from courses taken at another university, but we’ll make an except…

Case - all meanings in English

container

kənˈteɪ.nər

noun
An object for holding or transporting something.
Usage examples:
The cakes will keep for up to two weeks if kept in an airtight container

noun
A hollow object, such as a box or a bottle, that can be used for holding something, especially to carry or store it
Usage examples:
An airtight container, a plastic drinks container

noun
A very large metal box used for transporting goods
Usage examples:
A container ship/lorry

Container - all meanings in English

millions

number
The number equivalent to the product of a thousand and a thousand; 1,000,000 or 106.
Usage examples:
A million people will benefit

cardinal number
The number equivalent to the product of a thousand and a thousand; 1,000,000 or 10⁶
Usage examples:
A million people will benefit

phrase
Numbers between 1,000,000 and 1,000,000,000
Usage examples:
In wealthy areas, homes cost from €750,000 into the millions., her albums sell in the millions., sh…

Millions - all meanings in English

pack

noun
A small cardboard or paper container and the items contained within it.
Usage examples:
A pack of cigarettes

verb
Fill (a suitcase or bag) with clothes and other items needed for travel.
Usage examples:
I packed a bag and left

verb
Fill (a jury, committee, etc.) with people likely to support a particular verdict or decision.
Usage examples:
His efforts to pack the supreme court with men who shared his ideology

Pack - all meanings in English

package

noun
An object or group of objects wrapped in paper or packed in a box.
Usage examples:
Someone had left a suspicious package

verb
Put into a box or wrapping for sale or transport.
Usage examples:
Choose products which are packaged in recyclable materials

Package - all meanings in English

parcel

noun
An object or collection of objects wrapped in paper in order to be carried or sent by post.
Usage examples:
The lorry was carrying a large number of royal mail parcels

verb
Make (something) into a parcel by wrapping it.
Usage examples:
He parcelled up the goods and sent them back

noun
An object or collection of objects wrapped in paper; a package
Usage examples:
A food parcel, a 50-acre parcel on lake mead

Parcel - all meanings in English

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