packs

Prepares for travel

Packs is the plural of pack—a bundle, group, or container holding things together.

A hiker carries packs.

Wolves travel in packs.

Packs of cigarettes sit behind the counter.

The verb means to fill or compress: She packs her suitcase efficiently.

The bar packs in crowds on weekends.

Someone who packs heat carries a gun.

compact

compress

Reduce volume by force

  • cramForce into tight space
  • stuffUnspecified items collectively
  • squeezeFirm bilateral compression

jam · condense · consolidate · bundle · stow · fill · load · tamp · wedge · nest

bundles

backpacks

Bags carried on shoulders

satchels · kit bags · haversacks · daypacks · messenger bags · carryalls · totes · luggage · parcels · bindles

storage

warehouse

Bulk goods storage building

boxes · bins · pallets · shelving · locker · cache · depot · stash · reserves · supplies

products

carton

Paperboard packaging container

sampler · trading cards

burden

load

Carried weight or burden

  • weightMeasure of heaviness
  • haulPull or carry laboriously
  • strainExcessive stretching force

heaviness · encumbrance · cargo · payload · tonnage · bulk · heft · drag · carry weight · laden

groups

sled dogs

Harness-pulling Arctic canines

wild dogs · dingoes · jackals · alpha · beta · omega · territory · howling · denning · tracking

Categories
Opposites
filling/loading

packsunpacks

Empties containers of contents

empties · unloads · removes · clears out · takes out

compression/density

packsloosens

Decreases tightness or tension

spreads · scatters · disperses · expands · decompresses

group cohesion

packsdisperses

Spreads widely apart

scatters · separates · disbands · spreads out · breaks up

Phrases
Family

pack, package, packed, packing, unpack, packaging, packages, unpacked, packer

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