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Webster 1913 Edition
Compacted
Com-pact′ed
(kŏm-păkt′ĕd)
, Adj.
Compact; pressed close; concentrated; firmly united.
Webster 1828 Edition
Compacted
COMPACTED
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Definition 2024
compacted
compacted
English
Adjective
compacted (comparative more compacted, superlative most compacted)
- 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.
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Verb
compacted
- simple past tense and past participle of compact