ˈvacuum-pack, v.
[f. vacuum + pack v.1]
trans. To pack (something) in an air-tight container from which the air has been withdrawn; to pack (such a container).
| 1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 416/2 Coffee that is both freshly ground and freshly roasted (or vacuum-packed). 1954 L. C. Barail Packaging Engineering xx. 249 Whether the cars have been sealed after exhausting or vacuum packed without being exhausted, they have to be processed in order to destroy microorganisms. |
Hence ˈvacuum-packed ppl. a.; also fig.; ˈvacuum-packing vbl. n.
| 1955 Hebrew Union College Annual XXVI. 108 No longer can we assume that Greece is the hermetically sealed Olympian miracle, any more than we can consider Israel the vacuum-packed miracle from Sinai. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 19 Jan. (Suppl.) 41/3 The final processing involves..draining, swabbing and then vacuum-packing in transparent film bags. 1962 Spectator 4 May 602/3, I was at a testing of vacuum-packed bacon. Vacuum-packing is likely to spread, because it is so convenient for the handlers. 1975 Times 18 Feb. 13/2 The vacuum-packed fine arts sector. 1984 Listener 5 Apr. 10/2 The girl said it came vacuum-packed. |