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a heavy towel, blanket, or the like, dipped in hot water, wrung out, and put on some part of the body.hot-pack «HOT PAK», transitive verb.to can (vegetables, meats, or preserves) by hot packing.
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hot pack — n absorbent material (as a blanket or squares of gauze) wrung out in hot water, wrapped around the body or a portion of the body, and covered with dry material to hold in the moist heat <hot pack for an infected arm> compare COLD PACK * * * … Medical dictionary
hot pack — noun : absorbent material (as a blanket or squares of gauze) wrung out in hot water, wrapped around the body or a portion of the body, and covered with dry material to hold in the moist heat hot pack for an infected arm * * * 1. a hot towel,… … Useful english dictionary
hot pack — 1. a hot towel, dressing, or the like, applied to the body to reduce swelling, relieve pain, etc. 2. Also called hot pack method. a method of canning food by cooking it and packing it while hot in jars or cans, then sterilizing in boiling water… … Universalium
hot pack — /ˈhɒt pæk/ (say hot pak) noun a hot compress …
hot-pack method — noun : a method of canning in which food is partly cooked in an open kettle before being put in containers and then sterilized as in the cold pack method … Useful english dictionary
pack — 1. To fill, stuff, or tampon. 2. To enwrap or envelop the body in a sheet, blanket, or other covering. 3. To apply a dressing or covering to a surgical site. 4. The items used for wound dressing. [M.E. pak, fr. Germanic] … Medical dictionary
pack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stow, bale, package, packet; load, burden, bundle; knapsack; crowd, mob, multitude; herd, flock, bevy, covey. See assemblage. v. stow, bale, package; cram, tamp; cake, solidify; add to; stuff; load,… … English dictionary for students
Hot Shot (Transformers) — Hot Shot is the name of several characters in the various Transformers universes] . Transformers: Robots in DisguiseTransformers character name =Hot Shot japanname =Artfire caption = affiliation =Autobot subgroup =Spy Changer rank =8 function… … Wikipedia
pack — pack1 [pak] n. [ME pakke < MDu pak < MFl pac: term carried throughout Europe via the Low Countries wool trade (as in Fr pacque, It pacco, Ir pac, ML paccus)] 1. a large bundle of things wrapped or tied up for carrying, as on the back of a… … English World dictionary
pack — Ⅰ. pack [1] ► NOUN 1) a cardboard or paper container and the items inside it. 2) Brit. a set of playing cards. 3) a collection of related documents. 4) a group of animals that live and hunt together. 5) chiefly derogatory a group or set of… … English terms dictionary
