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TAMP DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tamp down mean? 

TAMP DOWN (verb)
  The verb TAMP DOWN has 1 sense:

1. press down tightlyplay

  Familiarity information: TAMP DOWN used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TAMP DOWN (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Press down tightly

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

pack; tamp; tamp down

Context example:

tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso

Hypernyms (to "tamp down" is one way to...):

compact; compress; pack together (make more compact by or as if by pressing)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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