packaging

Other forms of packaging

plural

packagings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about packaging

What does packaging mean?

packaging means "the business of packing". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in packaging?

packaging has 3 syllables: pac-ka-ging. The stress falls on "pac". In IPA it is /ˈpækɪdʒɪŋ/.

What is another word for packaging?

Close synonyms include promotion, promo, publicity, promotional material. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is packaging a common word?

packaging is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.