1
a
: compressed
packed snow
b
: that is crowded or stuffed
—often used in combination
an action-packed story
2
: filled to capacity
played to a packed house
Examples of packed in a Sentence
Add one cup of firmly packed brown sugar.
One half cup loosely packed fresh parsley
Oranges are packed full of vitamin C.
The theater is always packed when he performs there.
bands playing to packed audiences
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During sentencing, Bongiovanni's family dissolved into tears on the front row of the packed courtroom in downtown Buffalo.
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CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
Both Cook and Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell sat through nearly two hours of arguments in the packed courtroom.
—Mark Sherman, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
But that just means that unlike with some pop performers with one hit that towered above the rest, McRae’s 2025 could not be defined by a single song; her year was far too packed for that.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 22 Jan. 2026
Naperville City Council members, facing a packed house opposed to a data center being built on Naperville’s far northeast side, voted 6-1 Tuesday night to reject the project.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
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CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
Both Cook and Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell sat through nearly two hours of arguments in the packed courtroom.
—Mark Sherman, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
But that just means that unlike with some pop performers with one hit that towered above the rest, McRae’s 2025 could not be defined by a single song; her year was far too packed for that.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 22 Jan. 2026
Naperville City Council members, facing a packed house opposed to a data center being built on Naperville’s far northeast side, voted 6-1 Tuesday night to reject the project.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
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“Packed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/packed. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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packed
adjective1
: that is crowded or stuffed
—often used in combination
an action-packed story
2
: filled to capacity
performed before a packed stadium
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