packer
Meanings
Plural: packers
Noun
- a workman employed to pack things into containers
- a wholesaler in the meat-packing business
- a hiker who wears a backpack
- A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation
- A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation
- Clipping of meatpacker.
- A software program that compresses code or data.
- A ring of packing or a special device to render gastight and watertight the space between the tubing and bore of an oil well.
- An artificial penis or similar object worn by a drag king, trans man, etc., inside the trousers.
- An object inserted to hold a space open for the purpose of alignment; a spacer or shim.
- A kind of trunk for luggage.
- A packhorse.
- A dustpan.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English pakker, pakkere, packare, equivalent to pack + -er.
Synonyms
backpacker, bagger, boxer, meat packer
Scrabble Score: 14
packer is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordpacker is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
packer is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
packer is a valid Words With Friends word