compacted

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəmˈpæktəd/

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)‎^[1]:

     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.

Derived terms

• compactedly
• compactedness
• noncompacted
• semicompacted
• uncompacted

 

Verb

compacted

1. simple past and past participle of compact

Anagrams

• accompted, decompact