packagenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpæk.ɪdʒ/us/ˈpæk.ɪdʒ/package noun [ C ] (PAPER OBJECT)
B2 UK also parcel an object or set of objects wrapped in paper, usually in order to be sent by post:
US UK packet a small paper or plastic container in which a number of small objects are sold:
More examples
- Seal the package with sticky tape.
- Please handle this package with care.
- a remuneration package
- The public were warned to be on the alert for suspicious packages.
- a seven-night all-inclusive package
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Communications - the postal system
- certified mail
- consign
- direct mail
- express
- letterbox
- mail slot
- mailbag
- mass mailing
- p. and p.
- pillar box
- pin code
- PO
- postmaster
- shipping and handling
- snail mail
- stamp
- surface mail
- window
- zip code
See more results »
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
package noun [ C ] (OFFERED TOGETHER)
B2 a related group of things when they are offered together as a single unit:
the pay and other rewards that a company manager receives:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Groups and collections of things
- agglomeration
- Aladdin's cave
- anthology
- assemblage
- bank
- basket
- cache
- empty set
- ensemble
- feast
- generation
- glory box
- grab bag
- pool
- portfolio
- selection
- sheaf
- sheaves
- subgroup
- vintage
See more results »
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
package noun [ C ] (BODY PART)
offensive UK also packet a man's sex organs
Idiom(s)
packageverb [ T ]
uk/ˈpæk.ɪdʒ/us/ˈpæk.ɪdʒ/to put goods into boxes or containers to be sold:
to sell several things together as a single product:
to show someone or something in a particular, usually attractive, way:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wrapping, packing and loading
- bag
- bottle
- Bubble Wrap
- bundle
- bundle sth up
- containerize
- load
- pack
- pack sth away
- packaged
- packaging
- packet
- packing
- parcel
- parcel sth up
- shrink-wrap
- tinned
- vacuum-packed
- wrap
- wrap sth up
See more results »
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: