Packet

Word PACKET
Character 6
Hyphenation pack et
Pronunciations /ˈpak.ɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Packet"

What do we mean by packet?

A small pouch, often consisting of two plastic or foil sheets sealed at the edges, used to distribute single portions of products in the form of liquids, powders, or small pieces. noun

A small package or bundle. noun

A sizable sum of money. noun

A boat, usually a coastal or river steamer, that plies a regular route and carries passengers, freight, and mail. noun

A short block of data transmitted in a packet-switching network. noun

A small pack or package; a parcel; a mail of letters. noun

A despatch-vessel; a ship or other vessel employed to convey letters from country to country or from port to port; a vessel employed in carrying mails, goods, and passengers at stated intervals; hence, a vessel starting on regular days, or at an appointed time. Also called packet-boat, packet-ship, packet-vessel. noun

The panel of a packhorse. noun

A pack (250 leaves) of leaf-metal. noun

To bind up in a package or parcel.

To despatch or send in a packet-vessel.

A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel. noun

Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. noun

See Packet, n., 2. noun

The day for mailing letters to go by packet; or the sailing day. noun

See under Paper. noun

To make up into a packet or bundle. transitive verb

A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel

Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, vessel (Wikipedia).

A specimen envelope containing small, dried plants or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet.

A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks (Wikipedia).

A plastic bag.

A manbulge.

A large amount of money.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Packet

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The word "packet" in example sentences

Except now I can't remember if it's a 500g packet of butter or a 250g packet*. ❋ StyleyGeek (2008)

The underlying misunderstanding behind the “debate” about Net Neutrality and DPI boils down to “a packet is a packet is a packet”. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But hey, if you want shitty-quality video, the stagnation of VOIP, and extremely-laggy surgery-at-a-distance just because “a packet is a packet is a packet”, then by all means get the government to ban stuff like DPI. ❋ Unknown (2009)

“I hit on the word packet,” he said, “in the sense of small package.” ❋ Katie Hafner (2001)

I will certainly make them into a parcel, with some songs I have long meant to send you. and you will receive it by next Thursday night by Avey — But I write this quickly that you may have it tomorrow evening and know that the packet is coming. — ❋ Unknown (2009)

Others like Public Knowledge take the position that every packet is equal. ❋ Rebecca Tushnet (2009)

In this packet is community information, police links so on so forth, but they also included the Colorado Springs CO, sex offender registry. ❋ Unknown (2010)

One application packet is sufficient to apply for all available fellowship positions. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The download packet is a mix of. pdf,. doc,. html, and. rtf files, nothing really set up for Kindle that I know of. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Specifically, these firewalls focus on the source and destination IP address that the packet is trying to access. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I love keema curry although I normally buy the spice packet from a local Indian grocery. ❋ Laura (2009)

STB has the press packet from the event posted -- it's pretty heady stuff, especially since the mayor has found a way to solve the problem that "In King County, African-Americans are 60 percetn (sic) more likely to be obese". ❋ Unknown (2010)

The sound economic packet from the Republicans in teh Senate and House (which Bill lost during his tenure) who forced Bill to raise taxes? ❋ Unknown (2008)

He retrieved the oilskin packet from his shirt, and plucked out the three wooden matches. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The Haldiram packet is packed differently in India see the picture below though it is the same Pancharatna Mix. ❋ Anjali (2007)

Virtually no packaging other than a small packet is used in the product. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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