tamp

tamp is a 4-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. transitive verb. To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.
3. noun. a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)

   Synonyms: tamper

4. verb. press down tightly

   "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"

   Synonyms: pack

Synonyms

tamper, pack

Common word forms

tamps, tamped, tamper, tamping

Words from these letters

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