different between package vs mailroom
package
English
Etymology
Equivalent to pack + -age. Possibly influenced by Anglo-Latin paccagium or Old French pacquage.
Pronunciation
- (UK, General Australian, US, Canada) IPA(key): /?pæk?d?/
- California, US: IPA(key): [?p?ak?d??]
Noun
package (countable and uncountable, plural packages)
- Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.
- Something which consists of various components, such as a piece of computer software.
- Did you test the software package to ensure completeness?
- (software) A piece of software which has been prepared in such a way that it can be installed with a package manager.
- (uncountable, archaic) The act of packing something.
- Something resembling a package.
- A package holiday.
- A football formation.
- the "dime" defensive package
- For third and short, they're going to bring in their jumbo package.
- (euphemistic, vulgar) The male genitalia.
- 2013, Velvet Carter, Blissfully Yours (page 93)
- The women usually wore bikini tops with shorts, swimsuits underneath cover-ups or just swimsuits. Men came in various types of trunks, from traditional boxers, to Speedos, to G-string trunks that showcased their packages.
- 2013, Velvet Carter, Blissfully Yours (page 93)
- (uncountable, historical) A charge made for packing goods.
- (journalism) A group of related stories spread over several pages.
Translations
Verb
package (third-person singular simple present packages, present participle packaging, simple past and past participle packaged)
- To pack or bundle something.
- To travel on a package holiday.
- To prepare (a book, a television series, etc.), including all stages from research to production, in order to sell the result to a publisher or broadcaster.
Translations
References
- “package, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, January 2015
package From the web:
- what packages proteins
- what packages require a signature
- what packages proteins in a cell
- what packages and transports proteins
- what packages does comcast offer
- what packages and ships proteins
- what packages does spectrum offer
- what packages require a signature fedex
mailroom
English
Etymology
mail +? room
Noun
mailroom (plural mailrooms)
- A room used for receiving and (usually) sending mail.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- Oh, Pete. This is not the gym. — That’s right, Anna. This is the mailroom.
- Oh, Pete. This is not the gym. — That’s right, Anna. This is the mailroom.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
Synonyms
- porter's lodge
mailroom From the web:
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- mailroom what does it mean
- mailroom what does it do
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- what is mailroom amazon
- what does mailroom mean on amazon
- what is mailroom management
- what is mailroom services
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