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1a container, usually made of paper, that holds a number of the same things or an amount of something, ready to be sold a pack of cigarettes/gum You can buy the envelopes in packs of ten. picture at packaging compare package, packet, six-pack
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set - 2a set of different things that are supplied together for a particular purpose Send for your free information pack today.
- 3a number of things that are wrapped or tied together, especially for carrying donkeys carrying packs of wool (figurative) Everything she told us is a pack of lies (= a story that is completely false). large bag
- 4a large bag that you carry on your back We passed a group of walkers, carrying huge packs. see backpack of animals
- 5a group of animals that hunt together or are kept for hunting packs of savage dogs wolves hunting in packs a pack of hounds of people
- 6a group of similar people or things, especially one that you do not like or approve of We avoided a pack of journalists waiting outside. He's the leader of the pack. Of all the newspapers, this one is the worst of the pack.
- 7all the people who are behind the leaders in a race, competition, etc. measures aimed at keeping the company ahead of the pack
- 8= deck of Cub Scouts/Brownies
- 9an organized group of Cub Scouts or brownies to join a Brownie pack for wound
- 10a hot or cold piece of soft material that absorbs liquid, used for treating a wound see ice pack, mud pack
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