tamp – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
tamp
v.
pack down tightly; plug a drilled hole with dirt or other material (in blasting)
Tamp
A
tamp is a device used to compact or flatten an
aggregate or another powdered or granular material, typically to make it resistant to further compression or simply to increase its density.
tamp
Noun
1. a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
(synonym) tamper, tamping bar
(hypernym) tool
(hyponym) stemmer
(derivation) tamp down, pack
Verb
1. press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"
(synonym) tamp down, pack
(hypernym) compress, compact, pack together
(derivation) tamper, tamping bar
Tamp
(v. t.)
To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.
(v. t.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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tâmp
(tocit) = blunt
v. tâmpit
