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pks

/pɪks/

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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 :

"The delivery truck contained 20 pks of textbooks for the school. "

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noun

Examples :

"a pack of complaints"

amount number group

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

Examples :

"Context: Imagine someone is talking about their favorite books. Sentence: "She has pks of fantasy novels on her bookshelf, enough to keep her busy for months." "

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"

game entertainment

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

Examples :

"The farmer kept several pks of sheepdogs to protect his flock from predators. "

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A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.

Examples :

"The park ranger warned hikers to be careful, as several pks had been spotted in the area. "

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 society action police

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A group of Cub Scouts.

Examples :

"The pks marched proudly in the town's annual parade. "

group organization human person

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A shook of cask staves.

Examples :

"The cooper gathered up the pks that had fallen to the floor, preparing to assemble another barrel. "

material structure nautical

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A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.

Examples :

"The worker carefully loaded the pks into the rolling mill to be flattened into a single sheet. "

material industry technical

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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 geography weather nautical ocean

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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 :

"During the hydrotherapy session, Maria felt the comforting weight of the pks surrounding her, ensuring the moist heat stayed close to her skin. "

medicine body physiology

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: A loose, lewd, or worthless person.

Examples :

""My grandmother warned me to stay away from those pks hanging around the park; she said they were always causing trouble." "

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 reds to form the pks at the start 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."

sport group position