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# packet

«packet» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small bag or box that holds things, like seeds or crisps** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (packet, packets)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A packet is a small bag or box that holds things, like seeds or crisps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/packet/#m1)

2) A packet can also mean a small parcel sent by post. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/packet/#m2)

3) «Cost a packet» (UK, informal) means cost a lot of money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/packet/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a group container: so many items in each packet; packets bought; packets needed (divide and round up). In everyday life: a packet of crisps, biscuits, seeds or tissues. In science: seed packets tell how deep and far apart to plant. In stories: a mysterious packet arrives.

### examples

- A packet has 12 stickers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/packet/#x1)
- She bought 3 packets of seeds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/packet/#x2)
- Each packet costs 2 pounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/packet/#x3)
- How many packets does he need for 50 sweets? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/packet/#x4)
- Read the back of the seed packet before planting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/packet/#x5)
- He opened a packet of crisps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/packet/#x6)
- The cheese comes in a packet of 10 slices. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/packet/#x7)
- That new bike must have cost a packet! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/packet/#x8)
- An Ass and a Dog were on their travels together, and, as they went along, they found a sealed packet lying on the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/packet/#x9)

### note

«In each packet» is a rate: total = per packet × packets. Finding packets needed means divide, then round up. Trap: count items, not packets. «Packet» is common in British English; Americans often say «pack» or «package» (a pack of gum, a bag of chips).

### In the corpora

- [A blue fish label on packets shows fish from a fishery checked as well managed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/343-where-meat-and-fish-come-from-told-honestly/17/)
- [Mum opens the cupboard and finds tiny dark droppings like grains of rice and a chewed hole in the cereal packet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/397-pests-mice-in-the-kitchen-cockroaches-clothes-moths-fleas-and-head-lice/0/)
- [Nitrogen hardly reacts, so crisp packets are filled with it to keep the crisps fresh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/33-the-air-we-breathe/9/)
- [Opening packets with your teeth and chewing pencils or ice can crack teeth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth/12/)
- [Using teeth as tools, such as opening packets or bottles, is a common way children crack and chip teeth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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