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close-packed

close-packed adjective: arranged according to close-packing.

Adjective

close-packed (not comparable)

  1. Arranged according to close-packing.
    • Glasgow's car-parking problem is one of the worst in the country and the frequency of the new electrified rail service ought to attract a big clientele from the city's close-packed suburbs.1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 715

Questions about close-packed

What does close-packed mean?
Close-packed means arranged according to close-packing.
What part of speech is close-packed?
Close-packed is an adjective.

Words near close-packed in the dictionary

  1. close-mid
  2. close-minded
  3. close-mindedly
  4. close-mindedness
  5. close-order drill
  6. close-packed
  7. close-packing
  8. close-packings
  9. close-quarter
  10. close-range
  11. close-reef

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