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# packaging

«packaging» in Mova's school dictionary: **the boxes, bags, plastic and paper that things are…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (packaging, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Packaging is the boxes, bags, plastic and paper that things are wrapped in when you buy them. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/packaging/#m2)

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

### In the corpora

- [Packaging can make things look bigger than they are; the weight on the label tells the truth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/41/)
- ["Limited edition" often means the same product in new packaging, sold to make you buy it now.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «packaging» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/packaging/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.