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pk

/piːˈkeɪ/

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A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.

Examples :

"The horses carried the packs across the plain."

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A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack

Examples :

""I bought a pk of juice boxes for the picnic." "

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noun

Examples :

"a pack of complaints"

amount number group mass

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A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.

Examples :

"The farmer harvested a large pk of apples from his orchard. "

group number amount

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A full set of playing cards

Examples :

"We were going to play cards, but nobody brought a pack."

game entertainment

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The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.

Examples :

"cut the pack"

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A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.

Examples :

"The farmer kept a pk of loyal sheepdogs to protect his flock from predators. "

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A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.

Examples :

"The farmer worried about his sheep when he saw a pk of wolves moving towards the pasture. "

animal group nature

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A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.

Examples :

"a pack of thieves"

group organization

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A group of Cub Scouts.

Examples :

"The leader organized a camping trip for the pk to learn about nature. "

group organization education

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A shook of cask staves.

Examples :

"After the old wine barrel broke, all that remained was a pk of scattered staves on the cellar floor. "

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A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.

Examples :

"The steelworker carefully positioned the pk onto the rollers, preparing to flatten the bundle of iron sheets into a single plate. "

material industry

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A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.

Examples :

"The ship had to sail round the pack of ice."

environment weather nature ocean geography

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An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.

Examples :

"After the cold plunge, the patient was wrapped in a warm, dry pk to encourage relaxation and further sweating. "

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: A loose, lewd, or worthless person.

Examples :

""The teacher warned the students not to become pks who disrupt the class and disrespect others." "

person character moral

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A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.

Examples :

"The referee carefully spotted the balls, ensuring the pk was tightly formed at the beginning of the snooker frame. "

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The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.

Examples :

"The captain had to take a man out of the pack to replace the injured fullback."