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Verb: tamp  tamp
  1. Press down to compact something
    "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso";
    - tamp down, pack
Noun: tamp  tamp
  1. A tool for compacting or pressing down
    "The construction worker used a tamp to compact the soil";
    - tamper, tamping bar

Derived forms: tamps, tamping, tamped

Type of: compact, compress, pack together, tool

Encyclopedia: Tamp