Word Meaning

packet definition and meaning

n. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters.
n. 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.
v. t. To make up into a packet or bundle.
v. t. To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
v. i. To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.

Crossword clues for packet

- Small parcel