packed

[ pakt ]

adjective

1. filled to capacity; full:

   They've had a packed theater for every performance.

2. pressed together; dense; compressed:

   packed snow.

3. abundantly supplied with a specified element (used in combination):

   an action-packed movie.

packed

/ pækt /

adjective

1. completely filled; full

   a packed theatre

2. (of a picnic type of meal) prepared and put in a container or containers beforehand; prepacked

   a packed lunch

Other Words From

• mis·packed adjective
• well-packed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of packed¹

First recorded in 1770–80; pack ¹ + -ed ²

Example Sentences

“And there’s really only two places to shoot from and, in those areas, you can be packed like sardines.”

From Los Angeles Times

In February 2010, as Republicans gathered for the prestigious annual Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., the Center for Immigration Studies’ longtime executive director, Mark Krikorian, sat on a panel about immigration reform in front of a packed audience, along with Robert Rector from the Heritage Foundation and Steve King, the lightning-rod congressman from Iowa.

From Salon

Superheroes and animation packed a punch for Walt Disney Co. as “Deadpool & Wolverine” and “Inside Out 2” propelled the company’s film studio to one of its best fiscal quarters.

From Los Angeles Times

Roberts sat down with Fox News Host Brian Kilmeade in front of a packed room of conservative donors and activists.

From Salon

The majority of the Russian drones raining down on Ukraine are Iranian-designed Shaheds: propeller-driven, with a distinctive wing shape and a deadly warhead packed into the nose cone.

From BBC

Related Words

• arranged
• congested
• crowded
• filled
• jam-packed
• jammed
• loaded
• overflowing
• overloaded
• stuffed
• swarming
• wrapped