Meaning & use
blister pack
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Meaning
nouncountable
A package with items sealed in separate plastic bubbles on a card or foil sheet, often for tablets or small goods.
Grammar: Has a plural: two blister packs.
Patterns
- a blister pack of something
- in a blister pack
Push each tablet through the foil on the back of the blister pack.
The batteries came in a blister pack that was hard to open without scissors.
She keeps a blister pack of pain relief tablets in her bag.
Word forms
| plural | blister packs |
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Common combinations
- a blister pack of tablets
- He took one tablet from a blister pack of ten.
- sealed in a blister pack
- The toys were sealed in a blister pack.
- pop out of a blister pack
- Pop a pill out of the blister pack when needed.
- open a blister pack
- It took a knife to open the blister pack.
Synonyms and how they differ
- bubble pack
- Bubble pack is the common American alternative, and it can also mean bubble wrap.
- clamshell
- A clamshell is a hinged hard plastic case, not a card with bubbles.
- strip pack
- A strip pack is a flat foil strip for pills without a deep formed bubble.
- packet
- Packet is a broad word for any small package and gives no hint of the plastic bubbles.
Word family
Commonly confused: blister pack or blister?
blister pack vs blister
A blister alone is usually a sore bubble on your skin; a blister pack is a package.
Practice
What would you most likely find in a blister pack?
Choose one answer.
Blister packs hold small separated items such as tablets. The other items are too large or have no shape for bubble packaging.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “blister pack”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.