packaging

noun

1

: an act or instance of packaging something or someone: such as

a

: the enclosing of something in a container or covering

… damage caused by static charge during packaging, storing, and shipping.

—Chemical & Engineering News

b

: the presentation of something or someone to the public in a way that is designed to be attractive or appealing

This is public relations: the packaging of ideas, the execution of them, and the media coverage surrounding them.

—Robert Z. Chew

2

: material used to enclose or contain something

… the flashy packaging popularized by mass merchants.

—Jan Stafford

also : a covering wrapper or container : package entry 1 sense 3

the manufacture of food packagings

Examples of packaging in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Intel advanced packaging engineer Shripad Gokhale shows CNBC's Katie Tarasov Xeon server chips inside Intel's advanced packaging facility in Chandler, Arizona, on November 17, 2025. —Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026

Also consider switching to bar soap, shampoo or conditioner bars, and opting for products sold in glass, metal, ceramic or paper packaging where possible. —Hannah Coates, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2026

Think of all the electricity running the machinery that does the processing and the packaging. —Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026

Ellis Brooklyn recently relaunched their perfume mists in sleek (larger) packaging for the same $26 price tag, and Miss Strawberry is the newest addition to the lineup. —Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 7 Apr. 2026

Word History

Etymology

from gerund of package entry 2

First Known Use

circa 1875, in the meaning defined at sense 1