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/pæk/
nounverb

A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.

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Noun 4 meanings

  1. A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.

    “The horses carried the packs across the plain.”

  2. A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack

  3. A multitude.

    “a pack of lies”

  4. A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.

Verb 4 meanings

  1. To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.

    “to pack goods in a box; to pack fish”

  2. To cheat.

  3. To load with a pack.

    “to pack a horse”

  4. To load; to encumber.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English pak, pakke, from Old English *pæcca and/or Middle Dutch pak, packe; both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô (“bundle, pack”).

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Opposite
unpack

PACK at a glance

PACK has 4 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (P 3 + A 1 + C 3 + K 5) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,170 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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