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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pack•et /ˈpækɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a small package or parcel:a packet of letters.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pack•et (pak′it),USA pronunciation n. - a small group or package of anything: a packet of letters.
- Naval TermsAlso called pack′et boat′, pack′et ship′. a small vessel that carries mail, passengers, and goods regularly on a fixed route, esp. on rivers or along coasts.
- Games[Cards.]a part of a pack of cards after being cut.
- Informal Termsa large amount of money.
- British TermsBrit. Slang.
- British Termsa painful blow or beating.
- British Termsmisfortune or failure.
v.t. - to bind up in a package or parcel.
- Middle French pacquet, equivalent. to pacqu(er) to pack1 + -et -et
- 1520–30
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See package.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: packet /ˈpækɪt/ n - a small or medium-sized container of cardboard, paper, etc, often together with its contents: a packet of biscuits
Usual US and Canadian word: package, pack - a small package; parcel
- Also called: packet boat a boat that transports mail, passengers, goods, etc, on a fixed short route
- slang a large sum of money: to cost a packet
- a unit into which a larger piece of data is broken down for more efficient transmission
vb - (transitive) to wrap up in a packet or as a packet
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French pacquet, from pacquer to pack, from Old Dutch pak a pack |