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Webster 1913 Edition


Compacted

Com-pact′ed

(kŏm-păkt′ĕd)
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Adj.
Compact; pressed close; concentrated; firmly united.

Webster 1828 Edition


Compacted

COMPACTED

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pp.
Pressed close; firmly united, or connected.

Definition 2024


compacted

compacted

English

Adjective

compacted (comparative more compacted, superlative most compacted)

  1. Closely or densely packed together.
    • 2014 August 24, Jeff Howell, “Home improvements: gravel paths and cutting heating bills [print version: Cold comfort in technology, 23 August 2014, p. P5]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Property):
      You need to excavate and remove the topsoil, line the subsoil with a geotextile, then lay and compact hardcore. Follow this with a layer of compacted "hoggin" compacted clay, gravel and sand. This is then sprayed with hot bitumen, and has a layer of pea shingle rolled into it.

Verb

compacted

  1. simple past tense and past participle of compact

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