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

If your packed schedule leaves little or no time for a dedicated workout, try sprinkling short, frequent sessions into your day.

From Washington Post

The “QT” in Wickerham and Lomax’s “Domestic QT and the Spatial Anomalies” — a title as jam-packed as their work — stands for “quarantine.”

From Washington Post

Normally, the hospital sends patients needing a higher level of care an hour and-a-half away by ambulance to Hays Medical Center, a regional hub that is so packed that it turned away more than 100 patients in November alone.

From Washington Post

Instead of playing the game in a packed stadium in Philadelphia, Baltimore or New York, for the first time since 1943 the contest will take place at West Point’s Michie Stadium.

From Washington Post

It’s a food and travel show jam-packed with interesting characters, delicious food, and compelling destinations, and it makes me miss restaurants and traveling and the people you meet while eating at restaurants while traveling.

From Eater

Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.

From The Daily Beast

He led the packed cathedral in applause for Ramos and Liu and asked Bratton to bring a message to the men and women of the NYPD.

From The Daily Beast

Miami Art Basel is packed with celebrities, including Kim Kardashian and Miley Cyrus.

From The Daily Beast

Almost 1,500 people packed inside Westminster Abbey to celebrate the life of Soames, who died in May at the age of 91.

From The Daily Beast

At which Bezos turned to the packed audience, smiled weakly, and said: “This is Henry being nice to me!”

From The Daily Beast

Fix up a couple of dummy sacks, you know, and get them to camp and packed on the horse without letting them see what's inside.

From Project Gutenberg

Such thoughts as these passed through the worthy officer's mind as he carefully packed his portmanteau.

From Project Gutenberg

When he was interviewed, fearsome in manner as he was, he sent the worm away packed with ideas and phrases.

From Project Gutenberg

They were packed in bands of wheat straw, and between each pair of eggs a straw was twisted.

From Project Gutenberg

Now, however, the tobacco undergoes quite a process, and must be kept packed several months before it is ground into snuff.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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