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untamped

untamped adjective: not having been tamped.

Adjective

untamped (not comparable)

  1. Not having been tamped.
    • A charge of 200 pounds of gunpowder, in bags merely laid at the foot of the stockade, untamped, was first exploded.1871, Charles Robert Cross, William Ripley Nichols, John Trowbridge, editors, Year-book of facts in science and art, page 97

Origin of untamped

From un- + tamped.

Questions about untamped

What does untamped mean?
Untamped means not having been tamped.
What part of speech is untamped?
Untamped is an adjective.

Words near untamped in the dictionary

  1. untamedly
  2. untamedness
  3. untameness
  4. untames
  5. untaming
  6. untamped
  7. untampered
  8. untangential
  9. untangibility
  10. untangible
  11. untangibleness

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