Packed

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pækt/
• Homophones: pact

Verb

1. packed

   (past of pack)

Full definition of packed

Adjective

1. Put into a package.
   packed lunch
2. Filled with a large number or large quantity of something.
• 1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp Chapter 7, … 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.
3. packed with goodness
4. (colloquial) Filled to capacity with people.
   The bus was packed and I couldn't get on.

Related terms

• packed lunch