compressed

adjective

com·​pressed kəm-ˈprest 

also ˈkäm-ˌprest

1

: pressed together : reduced in size or volume (as by pressure)

2

: flattened as though subjected to compression:

a

: flattened laterally

petioles compressed

b

: narrow from side to side and deep in a dorsoventral direction

compressedly

kəm-ˈprest-lē  -ˈpre-səd-lē 

adverb

Examples of compressed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Your rightness would earn you a compressed, airless, spiky situation, like the one your parents had. —Addie Citchens, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026

Wise’s essential deployment of tension is absent without the compressed grain that elevates it. —Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2026

The world’s largest compressed air energy storage station has now become fully operational, according to a report. —Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Mar. 2026

Shortly before serving, the blocks of compressed spuds are portioned and fried until the edges shatter like glass but the interior remains soft. —Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 4 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing compressed

• compressed air

Rhymes for compressed

• acquiesced
• coalesced
• dispossessed
• manifest
• overdressed
• overstressed
• prepossessed
• reassessed
• reinvest
• repossessed
• unaddressed
• uncompressed