What is the styrofoam filler in a box holding the thing you bought called?

Answer 1

Historically, when type setters were setting text letter by letter they used blocks for spacers between letters and words. Those blocks were called "furniture". Maybe that's what they are called...?

Answer 2

Filler.Cocaine chips.Fun stuff...for the kids to play with.

Answer 3

Packing material. If the packing is in the shape of the item shipped, then it could be formed Styrofoam packing.

If there were pieces of foam surrounding the packed item, then they are typically referred to packing peanuts.

Answer 4

Packing I guess

Answer 5

Arm hinge potatoes

Answer 6

Uh, let me take a wild and crazy guess here- Styrofoam filler.

Answer 7

It is called "packing"and can take many different forms from "peanuts" to pre-formed blocks to hold the item tightly in place.

Answer 8

styrofoam peanuts?

Answer 9

garbage. the darn stuff can't be recycled. So it ends up in landfills where it very slowly is consumed over the next 50 to 150 years.

[ok -- it's called foal pebbles.]