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ram-pack

ram-pack verb: to pack tightly by applying pressure.

Verb

ram-pack (third-person singular simple present ram-packs, present participle ram-packing, simple past and past participle ram-packed)

  1. To pack tightly by applying pressure.
    • Workers who tend machines that fill and ram-pack hogsheads are classified as PACKER OPERATOR, AUTOMATIC (tobacco).1991, Dictionary of Occupational Titles - Volume 2, page 934
    • Besey removed her back hoofs from a box where she'd been ram-packing papers in.2012, Keevy McAlavy, The Stench of Space, →ISBN, page 332
  2. (broadly) To fill to capacity.
    • Editor John T. Amber has ram-packed its 400 giant pages with everything you want to know about guns from the earliest Winchesters (like my Model 1866) to the newest stainless steel revolvers! Handloading, ballistics charts, antique and custom guns, field tests, target shooting and more are covered...1966, American Rifleman - Volume 114, Issue 9, page 11

Adjective

ram-pack (not comparable)

  1. Associated with ram-packing.
    • After machining, teeth are milled, ram-pack hardened, and then precision ground in line with 0.500 locating hole in end of ram.1954, American Machinist - Volume 98, page 178
    • A ram-pack grouting method for setting turbine-generator sole plates has been developed which assures ...1963, ELECTRICAL WORLD, page 86

Examples of ram-pack in a sentence

  • Amber has ram-packed its 400 giant pages with everything you want to know about guns from the earliest Winchesters (like my Model 1866) to the newest stainless steel revolvers!1966, American Rifleman - Volume 114, Issue 9, page 11:
  • A method of ram-pack grouting for setting the sole plates of the turbine generator quickly and effectively was developed, thus assuring a permanent and positive support.1975, The Indian Concrete Journal - Volume 49, page 293:

Forms of ram-pack

third-person singular presentram-packs
present participleram-packing
past participleram-packed
pastram-packed

Questions about ram-pack

What does ram-pack mean?
Ram-pack means to pack tightly by applying pressure.
How do you use ram-pack in a sentence?
Amber has ram-packed its 400 giant pages with everything you want to know about guns from the earliest Winchesters (like my Model 1866) to the newest stainless steel revolvers!
What part of speech is ram-pack?
Ram-pack can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of ram-pack?
The past tense of ram-pack is ram-packed.

Words near ram-pack in the dictionary

  1. ram-jam
  2. ram-jammed
  3. ram-jamming
  4. ram-jams
  5. RAM-like
  6. ram-pack
  7. ram-packed
  8. ram-packing
  9. ram-packs
  10. ram-pike
  11. ram-pikes

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