Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

packaging

/ˈpæ.kə.dʒɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.96 in modern English

Syllables: pack-ag-ing
IPA: /ˈpæ.kə.dʒɪŋ/

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of package

noun

The act of packing something.

Uncountable

noun

The materials used to pack something.

Uncountable

noun

The industry that produces such material.

Uncountable

noun

The manner in which a person or product is promoted.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Nearly 200 chemicals connected to breast cancer are used in the making of food packaging and plastic tableware, and dozens of those carcinogens can migrate into the human body, a new study found."
"Do Amaral seems to belong more to a Europian ^([sic]) tradition than to any of the artistic pigeonholes currently in vogue in the States. His failure to show allegiance to any one medium makes him resistant to the relentless packaging that is a feature even of much avant garde American art."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

packagings (plural)

Derived Forms

nanopackaging nonpackaging wackaging

Phrases

packaging gas postage and packaging salary packaging

Synonyms

promotion promo publicity promotional material

Questions

How do you pronounce packaging?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpæ.kə.dʒɪŋ/.
What does packaging mean?: present participle and gerund of package

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