packed

Put into a package.

Adjective

  1. Put into a package.
    • packed lunch
  2. Filled with a large number or large quantity of something.
    • packed with goodness
    • […] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge...
    • A packed schedule of 13 different inquiries ranged from parking on pavements to filling potholes, plus a hard-hitting examination of the Government's proposed Airports National Policy Statement and its recommendation to...
  3. Filled to capacity with people.
    • The bus was packed and I couldn't get on.
    • On a steamy summer late afternoon the Luzhniki was once again packed. It is a vast space, with a roof that almost closes in on itself capturing the air like a superheated bubble. - 2018 June 17, Barney Ronay, “Mexico’s...
    • We picked up returning Millwall supporters at New Street, together with a couple of British Transport Police officers, and the train, an 11-car set, was now packed. - 2019 October, Chris Stokes, “Between the Lines”, in...

Forms

more packed most packed

Synonyms

crowded rammed

Derived

action-packed badly packed kebab close-packed cram-packed flatpacked hardpacked jam-packed manpacked nonpacked packed cells packed decimal packed house packed like sardines packed lunch packed meal packed to the gills packed to the rafters pamper packed prepacked ram-packed unpacked vacuum-packed

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of pack