packed earth
Stomped dirt surface
Packed earth is soil that has been compressed until dense and firm, used as a building material or surface.
Dirt roads and primitive floors are often packed earth, hardened by traffic or deliberate tamping.
The packed earth floor stayed cool in summer.
The technique appears in adobe construction and rammed-earth walls.
- dirtLoose dry earth
- dirt floorBare ground as flooring
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
- soilGround matter for planting
- tampedCompressed by repeated blows
tamped down · compacted · adobe · mud hut · floor · path · beaten path · dry · hard · hard ground · firm · dusty · ground · footprints · barefoot · bare feet · hut · village
- backroadsbackroad, back road, dirt road, country road, unpaved road
- ground surfacesdirt, grass, gravel, sand, soil
- rough roadsdirt road, gravel road, rough road, muddy road, rutted road
- earthen structuresadobe, cob, mudbrick, adobe brick, earthwork
- mud constructionmud house, mud hut, mud walls, mudbrick, adobe
- earth floorsdirt floors
packed earthconcrete
Solid building mixture
asphalt · tarmac · pavement · tiled floor · paving stones
packed earthloose soil
Uncompacted ground material
tilled soil · soft ground · sandy soil · mud · quicksand
pack, packed, packing, packer, packers, packs, unpack, unpacked, unpacking