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packed

 adjective
     
packed
1 extremely full of people:
a packed courtroom
packed with
The island was packed with tourists.
2

packed with/full of something

containing a lot of a particular type of thing:
a new magazine packed with exciting recipes
3 [not before noun] if you are packed, you have put everything you need into cases ready to go somewhere
4

tightly/loosely/densely packed

pressed, arranged etc closely or not closely together:
houses tightly packed in rows
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