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PAK-it/ˈpækɪt/

A packet is a small box or bag that food or other things come in: a packet of crisps, a packet of biscuits, a packet of seeds. Pack is more general (a pack of cards). A bottle is for liquid; a tin or can is metal. Countable: a packet. Open the packet.

Meaning

A small box or bag that food or other things come in.

Examples

• “Open a packet of crisps.”
• “There is a packet of tea in the cupboard.”
• “Do not eat the whole packet.”

Good to know

a packet of + food. Contrast: bottle (liquid), tin (metal). Open a packet.

Near in meaning

pack

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