'Packet' definitions:

Definition of 'packet'

From: WordNet
noun
A collection of things wrapped or boxed together [syn: package, bundle, packet, parcel]
noun
(computer science) a message or message fragment
noun
A small package or bundle
noun
A boat for carrying mail [syn: mailboat, mail boat, packet, packet boat]

Definition of 'Packet'

From: GCIDE
  • Packet \Pack"et\, v. i. To ply with a packet or dispatch boat. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Packet'

From: GCIDE
  • Packet \Pack"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Packeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Packeting.]
  • 1. To make up into a packet or bundle. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To send in a packet or dispatch vessel. [1913 Webster]
  • Her husband Was packeted to France. --Ford. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'packet'

From: GCIDE
  • packet \pack"et\ (p[a^]k"[e^]t), n. [F. paquet, dim. fr. LL. paccus, from the same source as E. pack. See Pack.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. [1913 Webster]
  • Packet boat, Packet ship, or Packet vessel. See Packet, n., 2.
  • Packet day, the day for mailing letters to go by packet; or the sailing day.
  • Packet note or Packet post. See under Paper. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'packet'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Packet'