noun🔗ShareA small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel"I packed some sugar packets in my lunchbox to sweeten my tea at work. "itemthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareOriginally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, vessel (Wikipedia)."In the 18th century, people relied on packets to regularly transport letters and passengers across the Atlantic Ocean. "nauticalvehiclecommunicationservicesailinghistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA specimen envelope containing small, dried plants or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet."The botany student carefully glued dried leaves to the herbarium sheet, keeping small samples in separate packets attached to the bottom. "plantbiologyagriculturescienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks (Wikipedia)."The computer sent the email as a series of packets across the internet to ensure it arrived correctly. "computinginternetcommunicationelectronicstechnicalsystemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA plastic bag."2012 August 6, Wendy Knowler, Plastic packets: who bags the profits?"itemmaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA large amount of money.""Winning the lottery gave them packets of money, enough to buy a new house." "amountfinancebusinesseconomyassetChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make up into a packet or bundle."The librarian packets the library books together for easy transport. "itemactionbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo send in a packet or dispatch vessel."The charity packets food and supplies to remote villages affected by the flood. "nauticalcommunicationsailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo ply with a packet or dispatch boat."During the gold rush, entrepreneurs packeted supplies up the river to remote mining camps, hoping to profit from the miners' needs. "nauticalvehiclesailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo subject to a denial-of-service attack in which a large number of data packets are sent."Hackers often packet websites they want to shut down, overwhelming them with useless data. "computinginternettechnologyservicecommunicationsignaldeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading