Packing

Verb
packing



Noun

 * 1) The action of the verb.
 * 2) The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
 * 3)  The spatial arrangement of objects, items or constituent parts.
 * 4) The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack.
 * 5)  The forming of players into a scrum.
 * 6) As a concrete noun.
 * 7) Material used to fill in the space around something, especially to make a piston etc. watertight or airtight.
 * 8) Material used to wrap a product for sale etc.; packaging.
 * 9) A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging.

Derived terms

 * packing case

Thesaurus
air express, airfreight, airlift, allocation, asportation, assignment, bearing, bottling, boxing, bush, bushing, canning, carriage, carry, carrying, cartage, collocation, conveyance, crating, deployment, deposit, deposition, disposition, doubling, doublure, drayage, emplacement, encasement, expressage, facing, ferriage, filler, filling, freight, freightage, gasket, gland, haulage, hauling, inlay, inlayer, insole, interlineation, lading, lighterage, liner, lining, loading, localization, locating, location, lugging, package, packaging, padding, pinpointing, placement, placing, portage, porterage, positioning, posting, putting, railway express, reposition, shipment, shipping, situation, spotting, stationing, stopping, storage, stowage, stuffing, tampon, telpherage, tinning, toting, transport, transportation, transshipment, truckage, wadding, waft, waftage, wagonage, wainscot

Etymology
From pack: (partly from the verb, partly from the noun) + -ing:.