compacted

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/kəmˈpæktəd/

adjective

Closely or densely packed together.

Less commonScrabble 18

Meanings

adjectivecompacted (comparative more compacted, superlative most compacted)

comparative more compacted · superlative most compacted

  1. Closely or densely packed together.

    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.

    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)
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of compact

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “compacted,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compacted.

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