packet
Definition of packet:
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part of speech: verb
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part of speech: noun
A small pack or parcel of loose papers or letters; a vessel regularly sailing between two or more ports for the conveyance of letters, passengers, and light goods; also called a packet- boat or packet- ship.
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part of speech: noun
A small package: a despatch vessel, so called from its carrying the packets of letters: a vessel plying regularly between ports.
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Common misspellings:
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- patricks (3.2%)
- packett (6.5%)
- pscket (6.5%)
- packt (3.2%)
- paket (48.4%)
- pacekt (6.5%)
- packe (6.5%)
- pcket (6.5%)
- backet (3.2%)
- packetfrom (6.5%)
- packaet (3.2%)
Usage examples for packet:
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Charles and Henry were with us on Sunday, and they brought me your Letter to your Mother- we agreed to get a Packet off to you as soon as possible.
"Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends" – John Keats -
Late that afternoon, when they returned to the yacht from their first expedition, a packet of newspapers lay on the deck- house table.
"The Glimpses of the Moon" – Edith Wharton -
It was a rather large envelope, one of a packet which she had bought in a crowded shop in Oxford Street on her way from Euston to the Semiramis.
"The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel" – A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
