packet

A small bag, box, or paper container in which things are sold.

• Open the packet carefully.
• I bought two packets of flower seeds.
• There is one biscuit left in the packet.

How to use it: packet of something (She bought a packet of biscuits.)

Similar words: pack, package

Common phrases: packet of crisps, packet of seeds, empty packet

A small wrapped package sent through the post.

• A packet arrived in the post.
• She mailed a packet of documents to the office.
• Have you received the packet I sent?

Similar words: parcel, package

Common phrases: mail a packet, postal packet, sealed packet

A small unit of data sent from one computer or device to another over a network.

• The router sends each packet to its destination.
• Some packets were lost during transmission.
• Each packet contains a small amount of data.

Similar words: data packet

Common phrases: data packet, packet loss, send a packet

A small bundle or package of things wrapped or held together.

• She tied the packet with string.
• He kept a small packet of letters in the drawer.
• What is inside that cloth packet?

How to use it: packet of something (He handed me a packet of old letters.)

Similar words: bundle, package, parcel

Common phrases: small packet, wrapped packet, packet of something

A plastic bag used to carry things, especially in South African English.

• Put the groceries in a packet.
• She carried two plastic packets home.
• The shop charges for every packet.

Similar words: plastic bag, carrier bag

Common phrases: plastic packet, shopping packet, carry a packet