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View synonyms for blister pack

blister pack

noun

  1. a package consisting of a clear plastic overlay affixed to a cardboard backing for protecting and displaying a product:

    a blister pack of four flashlight batteries.



blister pack

noun

  1. a type of packet in which small items are displayed and sold, consisting of a transparent dome of plastic or similar material mounted on a firm backing such as cardboard Also calledbubble pack
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of blister pack1

First recorded in 1950–55; from the shape of the plastic
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Example Sentences

A packaging mix-up led to a number of blister packs carrying 24 inactive pills, instead of 24 hormone-containing active pills.

From BBC

“It’s like a woman’s handbag, there’s so much stuff,” he muttered, poking around real and fake passports, a letter with hearts on it, blister packs of pills.

That could be because the medication is readily available in Mexico through legal means, or simply because it comes in harder-to-fake blister packs.

"Another strategy may be a transition from pill bottles to unit-dose packaging, like blister packs, which may aid in remembering whether a medication has already been taken or given."

The officer told the court there was still six missing blister packs of the drug.

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