Compressed - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|kəmˈprest|
Brit.
|kəmˈprest|
- this word is a past tense form of the verb to compress
- this word is a past participle form of the verb to compress
- this word is a past participle form of the verb to compress
adjective
- pressed tightly together (syn: tight)
with lips compressed
- reduced in volume by pressurecompressed air
- flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) (syn: flat)Extra examples
The pressure of the compressed air inside the chamber
Her lips compressed into a frown.
Compressed air is ducted from the compressors to jets.
Isobel nodded, her lips compressed.
Snow falling on the mountainsides is compressed into ice.
The miners used rock drills and compressed air to drive through hard rock.
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