Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
alt. A large, sturdy box or wooden crate used for the secure shipment of goods. n. A large, sturdy box or wooden crate used for the secure shipment of goods.
WordNet
n. a large crate in which goods are packed for shipment or storage [syn: packing box]
Usage examples of "packing case".
Through the window he watched Paulus get into his car and drive away, the delivery van containing the two policemen and the Picasso in its packing case following close behind.
The cat Bastet lay atop the packing case Ramses used as a cupboard.
As I swung round, Bland was lifting a rifle out of the broken packing case.
It was necessary to begin still a third fresh packing case, and some of the men had been sent after one.
In a cramped environment like the Pantechnicon, or a packing case, food becomes the dearest commodity.
At their chamber in the temporary hivelike structure the humans and their thranx advisors had built to provide comfortable climate-controlled lodgings for thranx visitors to and workers at the fair, the Bwyl had left a small packing case containing an assortment of favorite drinks.
There was a rectangular box, evidently an overturned packing case of some sort, just big enough to hold her with an opening cut in the near side.
May-may was curled up asleep, Ah Gip slumped against a mildewed packing case.