Thesaurus: packet

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1. n. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters.
2. 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.
3. v. t. To make up into a packet or bundle.
4. v. t. To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
5. v. i. To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
6. n. a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
7. n. (computer science) a message or message fragment
8. n. a small package or bundle
9. n. a boat for carrying mail
10. 1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters. Shak. 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. Packet boat, ship, or vessel. See Packet, n., 2. -- Packet day, the day for mailing letters to go by packet; or the sailing day. -- Packet note or post. See under Paper. 1. To make up into a packet or bundle. 2. To send in a packet or dispatch vessel. Her husband Was packeted to France. Ford. To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
11. n:100 n. (computer science) a message or message fragment n. a small package or bundle