packed
/pækt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of pack
adj
Filled with a large number or large quantity of something.
Example Sentences
- "packed lunch"
- "packed with goodness"
- "[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit."
- "A packed schedule of 13 different inquiries ranged from parking on pavements to filling potholes, plus a hard-hitting examination of the Government's proposed Airports National Policy Statement and its recommendation to grant approval for a third runway to be built at Heathrow."
- "The bus was packed and I couldn't get on."
- "On a steamy summer late afternoon the Luzhniki was once again packed. It is a vast space, with a roof that almost closes in on itself capturing the air like a superheated bubble."
Usage
Inflected Forms
more packed (comparative)
most packed (superlative)