Overpack

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A container intended to hold smaller containers.

    "Each container in an overpack must be a package authorized for that hazardous material in the HMR."

Verb
  1. 1
    To pack too much. intransitive

    "The opportunity to start over reawakens the belief that I can become someone else -- an organized, thrifty, wise, elegant, worldly traveler, rather than the disorganized, frumpy, overpacked and harried traveler that I am."

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"The opportunity to start over reawakens the belief that I can become someone else -- an organized, thrifty, wise, elegant, worldly traveler, rather than the disorganized, frumpy, overpacked and harried traveler that I am."

Etymology

From over- + pack.

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