tamp down

1. 1.

   press down tightly

   “tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso”

   Synonymstamppack

   Broadercompress

Questions about tamp down

What does tamp down mean?

tamp down means "press down tightly".

What is another word for tamp down?

Close synonyms include tamp, pack. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tamp down a common word?

tamp down is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.