Packet

Definition of packet:

part of speech: noun

A small package: a despatch vessel, so called from its carrying the packets of letters: a vessel plying regularly between ports.

part of speech: noun

A small package; vessel plying between ports.

part of speech: noun

A small bundle or parcel; a vessel sailing between two or more ports at regular periods, and carrying passengers. Mails, and merchandise.

part of speech: verb

To bind in a packet or parcel.

Usage examples for packet:

• Put it in a packet tie it round with string, seal it up, drop it in a drawer, lock the drawer! "Beyond", John Galsworthy.

• To a reserved, thoughtful, and scientific mind there is, about a packet of cigarettes, something undignified, something vaguely frolicsome. "Police!!!", Robert W. Chambers.

• He called his servant, and commanded him to take this packet to the king. "Berlin and Sans-Souci", Louise Muhlbach.

• " Don't make it so, and don't make us both miss that packet and get locked up in a St. Louis jail. "Bring Me His Ears", Clarence E. Mulford.