unpackverb
uk/ʌnˈpæk/us/ʌnˈpæk/unpack verb (REMOVE)
B1 [ I or T ] to remove things from a suitcase, bag, or box:
I haven't even had time to unpack (my suitcase/clothes).
More examples
- No doubt you'll want to unpack and have a rest before dinner.
- Have you unpacked your suitcase yet?
- I'd just got there and I hadn't even unpacked.
- I just need a bit of time to unpack.
- I was unpacking when the phone rang.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Emptying
- clear
- drain
- empty
- gut
- hollow
- hollow sth out
- land
- let
- let sth out
- turn
- turn sth out
- unload
- vacate
unpack verb (EXPLAIN)
[ T ] to explain or examine something in order to make its meaning clearer:
He read the agreed statement to the group and then began to unpack it for them.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Defining & explaining
- (do you) see what I mean? idiom
- account (to sb) for sth
- accountable
- cast
- clarify
- convey
- demystify
- descriptive
- every picture tells a story idiom
- evocative
- evoke
- explicable
- explicate
- fill
- get sth across
- justify
- mean
- scene
- schematic
- that is to say ... idiom
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