Found 3 items, similar to Tamp.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: tamp
memadatkan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: tamp
tamp
v : press down tightly;
“tamp the coffee grinds in the container
to make espresso” [syn:
tamp down,
pack]
tamp
n : a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe
bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.) [syn:
tamper,
tamping bar]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Tamp
Tamp
\Tamp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Tamped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tamping.] [Cf. F. tamponner to plug or stop. See
Tampion.]
1. In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod,
or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to
prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected.
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2. To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to
tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.
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