Packet Definition

păkĭt
packets
noun
packets
A parcel of letters.
Webster's New World
A small pouch, often consisting of two plastic or foil sheets sealed at the edges, used to distribute single portions of products in the form of liquids, powders, or small pieces.
A ketchup packet.
American Heritage
A small package or parcel.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
A large amount of money.
Webster's New World
verb
packets
To make up into a packet.
Webster's New World

(intransitive) To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.

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Other Word Forms of Packet

Noun

Singular:
packet
Plural:
packets

Origin of Packet

  • Middle English paket, pekette small package, bundle probably diminutive of pak pack pack1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Either from Middle French pacquet, or formed independently from pack + -et.

    From Wiktionary

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