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  1. noun A collection of items tied up or wrapped; a bundle.
  2. noun A container made to be carried on the body of a person or animal.
  3. noun The amount, as of food, that is processed and packaged at one time or in one season.
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  • XC maestro Sergiy Lebid struggling at the back of the pack was the major casualty a DNF next to his name in heat one. —  IAAF.org - News
  • The most noticeable thing about this pack is the disappearance of traditional Chicago Bulls red. —  Sneaker Files
  • One of the most important documents to be included in the pack is the energy efficiency report; this new documentation will be vital to the sale of any home, it gives details of the insulation of the property and how efficiently it retains heat and other forms of energy. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Pfft, the pack was the best part of that entire book. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • "The strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack." —  THROUGH TH3 WALL
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bag ·  package ·  pair ·  supply ·  blanket ·  clothe ·  load ·  bunch ·  sack ·  gear ·  bundle ·  packet

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pack:   packs ·  packing ·  packed
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  1. Middle English pak, possibly of Low German origin.

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  1. from Middle English pak = Dutch pak = Middle Low German packe, Low German pack = German pack = Icelandic pakki = Swedish packe = Danish pakke, a pack, bundle, parcel, etc.; also in Roman: Old French pasque, pasque = Italian pacco (Middle Latin paccus), diminutive Old French pacquet, paquet, French paquet. (later English packet, q. v.) = Spanish paquete = Italian pacchetto, pachetto; also in Celtic: Gaelic Irish pac = Breton pak, a pack, bundle, parcel, etc. The Teutonic forms are prob. from the Roman forms; whether these are from the Celtic is uncertain. The ult. root is prob. that of Latin pangere (√ pag), Sanskrit paç;, fasten: see pact. In some later uses (defs. 8-11) the noun is from the verb.
  2. from Middle English packen, pakken = D. pakken = Middle Low German packen, paken = German packen = Icelandic pakka = Swedish packa = Danish pakke=Old French pacquier, pacquer, packer (Middle Latin paccare), pack; from the noun.
  3. A corruption of pact.
  4. from pack, n.
  5. apparently elliptical for in pack, i. e. in league: see pack.
  6. Also pac, detached from shoe-pack, taken as a compound of shoe + pack.
 

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