tampão : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tampão	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for tampão
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tamp n a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.) Synonym(s): tamp, tamper, tamping bar v press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso" Synonym(s): tamp down, tamp, pack
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tamp \Tamp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tamped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tamping}.] [Cf. F. tamponner to plug or stop. See {Tampion}.] 1. In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected. 2. To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.