packed

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adjective \ ˈpakt \

Definition of packed

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

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Examples of packed in a Sentence

Add one cup of firmly packed brown sugar.
{frac1 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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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — A Florida city commission faced a packed meeting Wednesday as its members considered whether to strip the name of Robert E. Lee and two other Confederate generals from the suburb’s streets.

— Washington Post, "Confederate street names stir protests, debate in Florida," 30 Aug. 2017
Their encounter, at a packed theater space on the Upper West Side, was the first of two Democratic debates to be held before the vote on Sept. 12.

— j. david goodman, New York Times, "In Sharp Tones, de Blasio and Albanese Spar Over New York’s Future," 23 Aug. 2017
At a packed hearing on May 30, the DAA’s board of directors demanded that Bame stipulate that cannabis not be allowed into the festival.

— sebastian montes, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Proposed cannabis expo snuffed out at fairgrounds," 2 Aug. 2017
Standing in the aisles and screaming furiously, the packed house at Duna Arena came to cheer for Katinka Hosszu, who also was in the 200 free final, and Laszlo Cseh, one of the favorites in the 200 butterfly.

— paul newberry, courant.com, "Stunner in Budapest: Ledecky loses for 1st time at worlds," 26 July 2017
Those packed itineraries make the long weekend akin to summer camp from hell.

— laura beck, Cosmopolitan, "Don't Make Me Spend My Holiday Weekend at Your Wedding," 25 July 2017
Not a capable snow-goer, the SS nonetheless dug and slid and, eventually, found enough grip to move ungracefully under its own power in packed snow.

— josh jacquot, Car and Driver, "2016 Chevrolet Camaro SS," 19 July 2017
Epcot will get a brand-new E-ticket attraction based on the rockin’ and action-packed world of Guardians of the Galaxy.

— marjie lambert, miamiherald, "4 new rides coming to Disney World: Ratatouille, Tron, Mickey Mouse, Guardians of the Galaxy," 16 July 2017
The process will happen Saturday morning well before a packed house of 15,000 or so, plus millions more in front of TVs, watch Venus Williams plays Garbine Muguruza in the women’s final.

— howard fendrich, The Seattle Times, "Every morning, they mow, paint, mop Wimbledon’s grass courts," 13 July 2017

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First Known Use of packed

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packed Synonyms

Synonyms

brimful, brimming, bursting, chockablock, chock-full (or chockful), crammed, crowded, fat, filled, jammed, jam-packed, loaded, full, stuffed

Antonyms

bare, blank, devoid, empty, stark, vacant, void

Related Words

overcrowded, overfilled, overflowing, overfull, overladen, overloaded, overstuffed; abounding, flush, fraught, replete, rife, swarming, teeming

Near Antonyms

deficient, inadequate, incomplete, insufficient, short, shortish, shy, wanting; depleted, drained, exhausted

PACKED Defined for English Language Learners

packed

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Definition of packed for English Language Learners

: pressed together so there is very little space between the parts or pieces
: filled with a large amount of something
: full of people : filled with as many people as possible

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