Antonyms for packages


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pak-ij
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæk ɪdʒ


Definition of packages

Origin :
  • 1530s, "the act of packing," from pack (n.) + -age; or from cognate Dutch pakkage "baggage." The main modern sense of "bundle, parcel" is first attested 1722. Package deal is from 1952.
  • noun bundle; whole
Example sentences :
  • When we counted them as we got them out, we counted by packages.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • With a flourish Katy seated him, and carried the packages to Linda.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • The meat was wrapped in packages, so that it might all be transported to the cabin.
  • Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie
  • When you are arranging the press, Clotilde, don't touch the packages at the top; do you hear?
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • Then, as I say, all I could find was the two five hundred packages.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The two five hundred packages were in the inside pocket of my overcoat where I put 'em.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • He dumped the packages and newspapers on the table and began sorting the letters.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Boxes, bales, parcels and packages of every sort were heaped all about.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
  • Bell stripped off his coat and put it on top of the heap of packages.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
  • The Indian followed him bringing a number of packages of tinned food.
  • Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum

Synonyms for packages

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