pack

pack
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noun
1 (esp. AmE) container holding goods
ADJECTIVE
cigarette (esp. AmE) (usually cigarette packet in BrE)
blister
gift, sample (BrE)
PACK + VERB
contain sth
PREPOSITION
in a/the pack

How many needles are there in a pack?

pack of

It comes in packs of six.

a pack of cigarettes

a pack of gum

2 things supplied together
ADJECTIVE
action, information, resource (BrE), starter, training (BrE)
PACK + VERB
contain sth, include sth

Your information pack includes addresses of leading manufacturers.

3 things put together for carrying
ADJECTIVE
heavy
fanny (AmE)
battery, power

a rechargeable battery pack

VERB + PACK
carry, sling
PACK + NOUN
animal, horse, mule
PREPOSITION
in a/the pack

The water in his pack made it very heavy.

4 group of animals, etc.
ADJECTIVE
wolf
hunting
brat (= a group of famous young people who sometimes behave badly)
VERB + PACK
lead
PACK + NOUN
instinct
PREPOSITION
in a/the pack

the dominant animal in the pack

in packs

The animals hunt in packs.

pack of

a pack of dogs/wolves

PHRASES
the leader of the pack
5 (BrE) playing cards ⇨ See also ↑deck
VERB + PACK
shuffle
cut
PREPOSITION
in a/the pack

There are 52 playing cards in a pack.

PHRASES
the bottom of the pack, the top of the pack

Take a card from the top of the pack.

a pack of cards
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verb
1 put things into containers
ADVERB
carefully, neatly
tightly

Live animals are transported across the continent, packed tightly into trucks.

quickly
away, together, up

The passengers were packed together like cattle.

I think we might as well pack up and go home.

PREPOSITION
in, into

She packed her clothes into a suitcase.

2 fill a place/sth
PREPOSITION
into

Crowds of people packed into the hall.

PHRASES
be packed full of sth

Our new brochure is packed full of inspirational ideas.

be packed out (esp. BrE)

The stadium was packed out.

be packed to bursting (esp. BrE), be packed to capacity, be packed to overflowing (esp. BrE)

The hall was packed to capacity.

be packed to the brim, be packed to the gills, be packed to the rafters (esp. BrE)

The hostel was packed to the rafters.

be packed with sb

The place was packed with conference attendees.

closely packed, densely packed, tightly packed
Pack is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑fan
Pack is used with these nouns as the object: ↑backpack, ↑bag, ↑basket, ↑belongings, ↑box, ↑clothes, ↑crate, ↑grocery, ↑hall, ↑luggage, ↑parachute, ↑picnic, ↑punch, ↑rucksack, ↑shelf, ↑stadium, ↑street, ↑suitcase, ↑tent, ↑thing, ↑trunk, ↑venue

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