tamp
Press soil firmly
Tamp means to pack down or compress by repeated light blows or pressure.
You might tamp dirt around a newly planted shrub, or tamp tobacco into a pipe bowl.
The phrase tamp down extends beyond physical packing to mean suppress or reduce: Officials tried to tamp down speculation about the merger.
A tamper is a tool designed for this purpose, whether for packing pipe tobacco or compacting soil.
Group or compress
- compactTightly packed together
- pressApply force downward
- flattenMake level or smooth
- densifyMake more concentrated
condense · firm · settle · consolidate · squash · crush · squeeze · constrict
Weight, strike, or kennel
Make something full
Explosive material removal
Espresso brewing handle
- groundsBasis for justification
- baristaProfessional café drink maker
- puckHockey's rubber projectile
- extractionAct of removing
pack
Group or compress
densify · condense · firm · settle · consolidate · squash · crush · squeeze · constrict · reduce
pound
Weight, strike, or kennel
hammer · strike · knock · rap · thud · pat · pummel · stamp · whack
fill
Make something full
blasting
Explosive material removal
portafilter
Espresso brewing handle
extraction · lever · distribute · dose · basket · calibrate · polish
tobacco
Dried smoking leaf
ash · smoke · briar · meerschaum · pouch
- fill verbspour, fill, stuff, pack, load
- compressioncompress, compression, compressor, compressing, compact
- tamp downPress down firmly
- witness tamperingIllegally influencing trial observers
- vote tamperingIllegally altering electoral results
- jury tamperingIllegally influencing trial panelists
- tamping downPressing to compact
- evidence tamperingCorrupting material proof