ram-packed

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of ram-pack

comparative more ram-packed · superlative most ram-packed

1. Packed by means of high pressure compressing the contents.

   This is ram-packed at 175-psi to insure uniform density and to avoid possibility of channeling.

   1963, Diesel Equipment Superintendent - Volume 41

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   It provides a second stage of filtration, after the oil has passed through the ram-packed virgin cotton filtering material.

   1941, Fleet Owner (Big Fleet Ed.) - Volumes 27-39, page 13

   The design and use of the hydraulic ram-packed garbage collection body style should be regulated to prevent such overloaded vehicles from traveling on public roadways.

   1971, Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation. Volume 2. Case Summaries, page 209

2. Packed or filled tightly; jam-packed.

   The new Dodge Red Ram V-Eight engine is ram-packed with power!

   1953, Motor - Volume 99, page 22

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   Friday evening, and the old country bus was ram-packed with market women and school children as usual.

   1993, Patricia Powell, Me Dying Trial, page 1

   More about the action: Because this video works on a loop it has to be ram-packed with great little scenes, some that are timed to reach a climax just as the film reaches the end of its loop.

   2001, Liz Brown, Zoo - Issue 9, page 283

   Every Tuesday the house'd be ram-packed with reject chocolate biscuits that my maw brought home from the factory she worked in.

   2005, Valerie Thornton, Hamish Whyte, Maoilios M. Caimbeul, Queen of the Sheep, page 102