compressed. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

compressed

SYLLABICATION:	com·pressed
PRONUNCIATION:	km-prst
ADJECTIVE:	1. Pressed together or into less volume or space. 2. Biology Flattened, especially laterally or lengthwise, as certain leafstalks or the bodies of many fishes.


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