Ram-packed
adj, verb
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Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of ram-pack form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Packed by means of high pressure compressing the contents.
"It provides a second stage of filtration, after the oil has passed through the ram-packed virgin cotton filtering material."
- 2 Packed or filled tightly; jam-packed.
"The new Dodge Red Ram V-Eight engine is ram-packed with power!"
Example
More examples"It provides a second stage of filtration, after the oil has passed through the ram-packed virgin cotton filtering material."
Etymology
From Ram + packed, originally (since at least the 1940s) literal, referring to something packed with a ram. (Possibly reinforced by the rhyming synonym jam-packed.)
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