compacters

Machines that compress

Compacters are machines or devices that compress material into a smaller, denser form.

Trash compacters crush garbage to reduce volume.

Soil compacters flatten and pack earth for construction.

The term also applies to people who compact things, though this use is rare.

Also spelled compactors, which is more common.

waste

bales

Tied agricultural packages

ram · hopper · trash · garbage · dumpster · landfill · volume · reduction · bins · collection

soil

roller

Rotating cylindrical tool

gravel · asphalt · foundation · subgrade · density · grading · excavation · roadbed · construction · paving

recycling

bales

Tied agricultural packages

  • sortingArranging into sequence
  • plasticsMoldable petroleum-based materials
  • metalsLustrous conductive elements

cardboard · aluminum · cans · materials · sustainability · processing · scrap · shredding · separation · recovery

Opposites
spatial action

compactersexpanders

Things that stretch outward

enlargers · spreaders · stretchers · dilators · extenders

density manipulation

compactersdispersers

Things that scatter outward

aerators · looseners · diffusers · fluffers · decompressors

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G