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

Its Raw and compressed C Raw image formats are both 14-bit when using its fully mechanical shutter or electronic first curtain shutter (EFCS), and 12-bit with the fully electronic shutter. —PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025

Craftsman working with compressed air at tombstone. —Alex Harring, CNBC, 30 Nov. 2025

This project, the exclusive national demonstration project and the first commercial power station project in the field of compressed air energy storage in China, is jointly developed by China National Salt Group, China Huaneng Group, and Tsinghua University. —Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Nov. 2025

Braun has the natural loping-goliath manner of a guy who has so much surface area to be hit with various blunt objects, and Young has the compressed intensity of someone drawing pain into themselves. —Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Nov. 2025

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