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compressed
adjective com·pressed \kəm-ˈprest also ˈkäm-ˌ\
Definition of COMPRESSED
1
: pressed together : reduced in size or volume (as by pressure)
2
: flattened as though subjected to compression: a : flattened laterally <petioles compressed> b : narrow from side to side and deep in a dorsoventral direction
— com·pressed·ly \kəm-ˈprest-lē, -ˈpre-səd-lē\ adverb
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First Known Use of COMPRESSED
14th century
Rhymes with COMPRESSED
abreast, abscessed, appressed, armrest, arrest, at best, at rest, attest, backrest, beau geste, bed rest, behest, bequest, blood test, congest, conquest, contest, crow's nest, depressed, detest, devest, digest, distressed, divest, egest, eighth rest, field-test, flight-test, footrest, gabfest, half rest, hard-pressed, headrest, high-test, hillcrest, hope chest, houseguest, imprest, incest, infest, ingest, inquest, interest, invest, Key West, lovefest, love nest, Mae West, mare's nest, Midwest, molest, northwest, patch test, posttest, pretest, professed, protest, redbreast, repressed, request, revest, road test, scratch test, screen test, sea chest, skin test, slop chest, slugfest, southwest, spot test, steam chest, stress test, suggest, Trieste, t-test, unblessed, undressed, unrest, unstressed, war chest, whole rest, Wild West
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