| English noun: tamp | |||
| 1. | tamp (artifact) a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.) | ||
| Synonyms | tamper, tamping bar | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | tool | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | stemmer | ||
| English verb: tamp | |||
| 1. | tamp (contact) press down tightly | ||
| Samples | Tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso. | ||
| Synonyms | pack, tamp down | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | compact, compress, pack together | ||