English Explanatory Dictionary

ram-packed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. simple past and past participle of ram-pack
adj
  1. Packed by means of high pressure compressing the contents.
  2. Packed or filled tightly; jam-packed.

Word forms

ram-packed more ram-packed most ram-packed

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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