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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
pack•et /ˈpækɪt/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a small package or parcel:a packet of letters.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pack•et  (pak′it),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a small group or package of anything: a packet of letters.
  2. Naval TermsAlso called pack′et boat′, pack′et ship′. a small vessel that carries mail, passengers, and goods regularly on a fixed route, esp. on rivers or along coasts.
  3. Games[Cards.]a part of a pack of cards after being cut.
  4. Informal Termsa large amount of money.
  5. British TermsBrit. Slang.
    • British Termsa painful blow or beating.
    • British Termsmisfortune or failure.

v.t. 
  1. to bind up in a package or parcel.
  • Middle French pacquet, equivalent. to pacqu(er) to pack1 + -et -et
  • 1520–30
    1. See package. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
packet /ˈpækɪt/ n
  1. a small or medium-sized container of cardboard, paper, etc, often together with its contents: a packet of biscuitsUsual US and Canadian word: package, pack
  2. a small package; parcel
  3. Also called: packet boat a boat that transports mail, passengers, goods, etc, on a fixed short route
  4. slang a large sum of money: to cost a packet
  5. a unit into which a larger piece of data is broken down for more efficient transmission
 vb
  1. (transitive) to wrap up in a packet or as a packet
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French pacquet, from pacquer to pack, from Old Dutch pak a pack
'packet' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Collocations: a packet of information [on, about], your [orientation, welcome] packet, the packet was [dropped, received, forwarded], more...

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