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# packaging

noun (packaging, uncountable)

«packaging» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Packaging is the boxes, bags, plastic and paper that things are wrapped in when you buy them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/packaging/#m1)
2. Packaging is also the way something is presented to make it look attractive. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/packaging/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and environment lessons, packaging creates waste; pupils sort it for recycling (cardboard, plastic, glass, metal) and learn about reducing it. In safety, plastic packaging must be kept away from babies (suffocation). Phrases: "plastic packaging", "too much packaging", "recyclable packaging".

### Examples

- The toy came in too much plastic packaging. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/packaging/#x1)
- Put the cardboard packaging in the recycling bin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/packaging/#x2)
- Read the packaging to find the ingredients. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/packaging/#x3)
- The company uses recyclable packaging. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/packaging/#x4)
- Keep plastic packaging away from babies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/packaging/#x5)
- The packaging said "Keep refrigerated". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/packaging/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable: "a lot of packaging", not "packagings". Related: package, pack. Useful information like the use-by date and allergy warnings is printed on packaging.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «packaging» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/packaging/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«packaging» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/packaging.html) on Mova free.