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DictionarypacketSmall package
noun

packet

PAK-it/ˈpækɪt/

A small bundle of items or information.

A few seeds spill out of the torn paper packet.

A small plain paper seed packet with its top torn open and a few seeds spilling out, clearly showing a compact container holding multiple small items.
Etymology
packMiddle Englishbundle
+etOld Frenchsmall

A packet is literally a 'little bundle.' Early packets were parcels of letters or dispatches, linking the small physical package with the information it carried.

In context

Lazy Historian120:23
the paper packet. She opened it on the counter, and there was the hair, a small curl of dark hair tied at its base with a thread.
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More examples

  • The school sends each family a packet of enrollment forms.
  • She adds a packet of sugar to her coffee.
  • The router sends each packet of data to its destination.

Forms

packet · packets

Similar words

package
A wrapped or boxed unit, not necessarily small.
bundle
Items gathered or tied together, often without an enclosing container.