Found 3 items, similar to Tamping.
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: Tamping 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place. [1913 Webster] Tamping \Tamp"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who tamps; specifically, the act of filling up a hole in a rock, or the branch of a mine, for the purpose of blasting the rock or exploding the mine. [1913 Webster] 2. The material used in tamping. See Tamp, v. t., 1. [1913 Webster] Tamping iron, an iron rod for beating down the earthy substance in tamping for blasting. [1913 Webster]