PACKAGING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does packaging mean? 

• PACKAGING (noun)
  The noun PACKAGING has 3 senses:

1. the business of packing

2. a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution

3. material used to make packages

  Familiarity information: PACKAGING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PACKAGING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The business of packing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

his business is packaging for transport

Hypernyms ("packaging" is a kind of...):

business; business enterprise; commercial enterprise (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "packaging"):

meat-packing business; meat packing; meatpacking (wholesale packaging of meat for future sale (including slaughtering and processing and distribution to retailers))

unitisation; unitization (the act of packaging cargo into unit loads)

Derivation:

package (put into a box)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

packaging; promo; promotion; promotional material; publicity

Context example:

the packaging of new ideas

Hypernyms ("packaging" is a kind of...):

content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "packaging"):

buildup (highly favorable publicity and praise)

PR; public relations (a promotion intended to create goodwill for a person or institution)

blurb; endorsement; indorsement (a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books))

ballyhoo; hoopla; hype; plug (blatant or sensational promotion)

pitch; sales pitch; sales talk (promotion by means of an argument and demonstration)

ad; advert; advertisement; advertising; advertizement; advertizing (a public promotion of some product or service)

sales promotion (promotion that supplements or coordinates advertising)

Holonyms ("packaging" is a part of...):

marketing (the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Material used to make packages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("packaging" is a kind of...):

material (things needed for doing or making something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "packaging"):

blister pack; bubble pack (packaging in which a product is sealed between a cardboard backing and clear plastic cover)

 Context examples 

Refers to various levels of DNA packaging in the chromosomes above that of the nucleosome.

(Higher Order Chromatin Structure, NCI Thesaurus)

A pharmaceutical product that has undergone all stages of production and testing, including packaging in its final container and labelling.

(Finished Pharmaceutical Product, NCI Thesaurus)

This may include the protective packaging, labeling, administration devices, etc.

(Drug Package, NCI Thesaurus)

An unused device that has been returned in packaging that remains intact.

(Device Unused Device Returned in Sterile Packaging Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)

The packaging of eukaryotic DNA into nucleosomes inhibits the access of factors to DNA and thus results in the repression of transcription, replication, and recombination.

(hSWI-SNF Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The packaging of eukaryotic DNA into nucleosomes inhibits the access of factors to DNA and results in the repression of transcription, replication, and recombination.

(IFN-Beta Enhancer Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Any packaging operation not elsewhere described.

(Packaging Other, NCI Thesaurus)

These vectors contain sequences necessary for packaging by P1 particles, as well as other P1 required elements.

(P1-derived Artificial Chromosome, NCI Thesaurus)

This number can be found on the device label or packaging.

(Lot or Batch Number Production Identifier, Food and Drug Administration)

Performing a review of the assembly and packaging processes and records for a specific device or lot that may have contributed to problems with the device.

(Device Assembly and Packaging Review Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)