adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a capacity/packed audience (= the largest number of people who can fit into a hall, theatre etc )
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The lecture attracted a capacity audience.
a packed lunch British English , a bag/sack lunch American English (= food such as sandwiches that you take to school etc )
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Most of the children had brought packed lunches.
be crammed/stuffed/packed etc full of sth
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Ted’s workshop was crammed full of old engines.
packed lunch
packed out
packed to the rafters (= very full )
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The club was packed to the rafters .
packed...overnight bag
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He packed an overnight bag and left.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
closely
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Diffusion Solids consist of closely packed particles.
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At this point it must seem paradoxical that atomic nuclei containing several closely packed protons exist at all.
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Shells now began to fall with increasing regularity among closely packed men.
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And, of course, closely packed plants compete not only with the weeds but with each other.
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For the poorer workers, the industrialists built closely packed rows of terraced houses with very little open space.
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The closely packed neutrons form a degenerate gas and, being fermions, they can also exert a degeneracy pressure.
■ NOUN
cell
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Values of packed cell count, haemoglobin, urea, glucose, creatinine, and electrolytes were obtained at admission.
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For those not requiring red cell transfusion there was no difference in packed cell volume between the groups at 1 month.
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First day packed cell volume also emerged as a predictor of transfusion requirements.
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Associations have been shown between low packed cell volume or red cell volume, or both, and the respiratory distress syndrome.
house
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And Elvis did play ever to packed houses and many were the daughters of men who came in unto him.
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The lights dim and hushed expectancy shudders through the packed house .
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During July we were on the Women's Heart tour - 28 gigs in 30 nights, packed houses all the way.
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For example, in London, stage censorship ended the previous December, and the all-nude musical Hair was enjoying packed houses .
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The radio series the Archers has been specially adapted for the theatre and is playing to packed houses .
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Starring Paul Nicholas, it's been playing to packed houses for nearly two weeks.
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No more the buzz of playing before a packed house at Twickers.
lunch
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A wholesome breakfast is served and dinner and packed lunches are provided on request.
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Most people had brought a packed lunch and this was eaten in the sun on Kidderminster Station platform.
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Waterproofs, wellingtons or other strong footwear and a packed lunch .
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We collected our packed lunch from the manageress, and, as the sun again was shining, set out for Helvellyn.
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She had also prepared a good packed lunch .
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Vegetarian meals can be provided, and packed lunches are available on request.
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They had eaten a packed lunch prepared by Evelyn.
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I'd just as soon make do with a packed lunch .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be packed like sardines
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We were packed like sardines on the train.
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On the other side of the building turtles are packed like sardines into more tanks.
close/packed/crowded etc together
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The Beastline were standing close together , silhouetted against the sky.
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The main street in Lincoln is narrow, and the little houses are close together .
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These horses show relaxed, peaceful outlines, with friends standing particularly close together .
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They stood close together in silence, listening.
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Though they are close together on the couch, there is in fact a chasm between them.
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We draw close together to complete our plans.
full/packed/stuffed etc to the gills
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If Tapie was a fish he'd be stuffed to the gills this issue!
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It's a surprise then to find the Powerhaus pretty much packed to the gills .
packed solid
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The air overhead was packed solid with noise that did not move.
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Whalley Range was, and still is, an intensely Bohemian area packed solid with aspiring and struggling bands.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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packed snow
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a packed theatre
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Are you packed yet?
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Boy, the zoo is packed today.
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On the day of her funeral the church was packed with friends and relatives.
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St Peter's Square was packed with tourists.
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The club is so popular that it's usually packed by 9 o'clock.
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The plane was packed , because a previous flight had been cancelled.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I'd just as soon make do with a packed lunch.
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There was a packed public gallery as the charges were formally read out by the court clerk.
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Waterproofs, wellingtons or other strong footwear and a packed lunch.