packing

Other forms of packing

plural

packings·

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 packing

What does packing mean?

packing means "any material used especially to protect something". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in packing?

packing has 2 syllables: pac-king. The stress falls on "pac". In IPA it is /ˈpækɪŋ/.

What is another word for packing?

Close synonyms include packing material, wadding, boxing, backpacking. 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 packing a common word?

packing is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with packing?

2 words rhyme with packing. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.