packing material
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpackingandmaterial
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packing
noun[U]
uk/ˈpæk.ɪŋ/us/ˈpæk.ɪŋ/
the act of putting things into cases, boxes, ...
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material
noun
uk/məˈtɪə.ri.əl/us/məˈtɪr.i.əl/
a physical substance that things can be ...
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(Definition ofpackingandmaterialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Discarded paper was gathered up to be recycled or used as fuel orpackingmaterial.
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It mentioned certainty of timing, avoidance of damage and the fact that lesspackingmaterialwas required by road than by rail.
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Almost all our dustbins are full of large amounts ofpackingmaterialthat could well be saved.
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Prolonged inquiry has failed to establish any relation between importedpackingmaterialand the numerous invasions of foot-and-mouth disease which have occurred.
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They can take steps to prevent suchpackingmaterialfrom being brought into contact with cattle.
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By the substitution of wood wool, as apackingmaterial, instead of hay and straw, this source of infection might be eliminated.
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No; we have no evidence whatever, but if the farmers suspect these forms ofpackingmaterialthe remedy is largely in their own hands.
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The paper situation is, of course, particularly serious in the matter ofpackingmaterial.
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We went into that matter, but, in the first place, it is impossible to get direct evidence in reference topackingmaterial.
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But it is being considered to what extent thispackingmaterialcan be rendered less noxious and less harmful in its possibility of spreading disease.
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Is it to make into hay forpackingmaterialbecause there is no stock to eat it?
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No matter how one prepares underground withpackingmaterial, about one-third to two-thirds lowers and affects the surface.
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Wood-wool is apackingmaterial.
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I am bound to say this information will be of some use to the country, because the question of this loosepackingmaterialhas been discussed.
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While almost as many fibre board containers are being produced as before the war, the demand has increased owing to the shortage of otherpackingmaterial.
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But the suggestion is made that allpackingmaterialfrom abroad should be destroyed, so as to prevent the possibility of the spread of infection from that source.
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By choosing a suitable columnpackingmaterialit is possible to define the resolution of the system.
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After passing a purity control valve process air enters on tip of the distillation column and flows down through thepackingmaterial.
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The air flows through a packed bed and the pollutant transfers into a thin biofilm on the surface of thepackingmaterial.
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