Definition of "packer" [pack•er]

• One that packs: a packer of boxes in a warehouse. (noun)
• One whose occupation is the processing and packing of wholesale goods, usually meat products: meat packers. (noun)

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• "Driller 3 that is drilling the relief well hasn't disconnected, but they've put a subsea containment device they call a packer into the well to protect it. ""
• "The packer was a taciturn inhabitant of the wilds who seldom indulged in an unnecessary remark."
• "How the books (not having been chosen with reference to this great event) were of awkward sizes, and did not make comfortable paving for the bottom of the trunk; whilst folded stockings may be called the packer's delight, from their usefulness to fill up corners."