Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

compacted

/kəmˈpæktəd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables: com-pact-ed
IPA: /kəmˈpæktəd/

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Closely or densely packed together.

verb

simple past and past participle of compact

Example Sentences

"You need to excavate and remove the topsoil, line the subsoil with a geotextile, then lay and compact hardcore. Follow this with a layer of compacted "hoggin" – compacted clay, gravel and sand. This is then sprayed with hot bitumen, and has a layer of pea shingle rolled into it."

Inflected Forms

more compacted (comparative) most compacted (superlative)

Derived Forms

compactedly compactedness noncompacted semicompacted uncompacted

Rhymes With

attracted acted extracted reacted protracted redacted subtracted exacted transacted detracted reenacted

Questions

How do you pronounce compacted?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəmˈpæktəd/.
What does compacted mean?: Closely or densely packed together.

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