English Explanatory Dictionary

universal packager

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mechanism whereby uncountable nouns are made countable by grouping into units.

Word forms

universal packager

Etymology

Compound of universal + packager; first used in print in 1986 by Emmon Bach (see quote below) modeled on universal grinder.

Related words

universal grinder universal sorter
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