packing
/ˈpækɪŋ/ nom B1En français : emballage, tassement, regroupement
- The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
- The spatial arrangement of objects, items or constituent parts.
- The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack.
- The forming of players into a scrum.
- Material used to fill in the space around something, especially to make a piston etc. watertight or airtight.
- Material used to wrap a product for sale etc.; packaging.
- A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging.
- Special material used to fill containers or vessels for certain chemically related applications. · Packing in a packed bed, or a column such as a distillation column or a chromatography column
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Dans la bibliothèque
The poet sings of the “crowded hour of glorious life.” The broker’s hour is not only crowded, but the minutes and seconds are hanging to all the straps and packing both front and rear platforms.
The very last evening was spent there; and her Ladyship again inquired minutely into the particulars of their journey, gave them directions as to the best method of packing, and was so urgent on the necessity of placing gowns in the only right way, that Maria thought herself obliged, on her return, to undo all the work of the morning, and pack her trunk afresh.
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