packing material

Box filler stuff

Packing material is any substance used to cushion, protect, or fill space around items during shipping or storage.

Common types include bubble wrap, foam peanuts, crumpled paper, and air pillows.

The goal is preventing damage from impact or movement: The vase arrived intact thanks to all that packing material.

Related

cushioning · padding · foam · void fill · newspaper · crumpled paper · tape · moving boxes · shipping · fragile · handle with care · crinkle · popping · filler · wrap · tissue paper · protection · moving

Categories
Opposites
contents vs. protection

packing materialcontents

What something holds

cargo · merchandise · product · goods · payload

filling vs. emptiness

packing materialempty space

Area devoid of contents

void · air gap · vacuum · hollow · emptiness

container component role

packing materialbox

Lidded storage container

container · carton · crate · shipping container

Family

packing, material, pack, packed, packer, packers, packs, unpack, unpacked

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G