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flat-pack

British  

adjective

  1. (of a piece of furniture, equipment, or other construction) supplied in pieces packed into a flat box for assembly by the buyer

"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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We’re going to soon offer a flat-pack hand sanitizer, which is more compact than the current version.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

To bring the flat-pack idea to the pasta world, the scientists used a fairly simple trick – stamping grooves in the pasta.

From NewsForKids.net ● Feb. 1, 2024

In fact, I try to buy all my spices from bulk bins, or in paper flat-pack packaging from online spice stores, so I can reuse the spice jars I already have.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2023

The bed Wendy Martin brought back from the auction was in 50 separate pieces and - like a Victorian flat-pack - had to be re-assembled, albeit without the instructions.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2023

The idea was the chemical equivalent of the flat-pack wardrobe, while everyone else was building furniture from scratch.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2022

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