Tamper (Noun)
Meaning
A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.).
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The pipe smoker carefully used a tamper to pack the tobacco into the bowl.
- A tamper was used to ensure the explosive charge was firmly in place in the drill hole.
- She packed the soil around the plant using a small tamper to remove any air pockets.
- The mason used a large flat tamper to compress the sand at the base of the pavers.
- The shot put athlete used a small tamper to pack the clay and prepare the surface.