PACKING MATERIAL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Any material used especially to protect something

Synonyms:

packing; packing material; wadding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("packing material" is a kind of...):

material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "packing material"):

cardboard; composition board (a stiff moderately thick paper)

excelsior; wood shavings (thin curly wood shavings used for packing or stuffing)