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tamp
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tamp has 1 sense
- tamp(n = noun.artifact) tamper, tamping bar - a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.); Array has particulars: stemmer
is a kind of tool
Derived form verb tamp1
Verb tamp has 1 sense
- tamp(v = verb.contact) pack, tamp down - press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso" is one way to compact, compress, pack together
Derived forms noun tamp1, noun tamper1
Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
tamp, v. t. [Cf. F. tamponner to plug or stop. See Tampion.].
- In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected. [1913 Webster]
- To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tamp, v.tr.
1 pack (a blast-hole) full of clay etc. to get the full force of an explosion.
2 ram down (road material etc.).
1 pack (a blast-hole) full of clay etc. to get the full force of an explosion.
2 ram down (road material etc.).
Derivative
tamper n. tamping n. (in sense 1).
Etymology
perh. back-form. f. F tampin (var. of TAMPION, taken as = tamping
THESAURUS
tamp
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