compaction
Etymology
From Old French compaction, from Latin compactionem, from compingere.
noun
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The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted. At Smithfield Frith is being shovelled up, his youth, his grace, his learning and his beauty: a compaction of mud, grease, charred bone. 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 480
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