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Stampfer — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • compactor noun A machine that crushes or presses waste or material into a smaller volume.
  • pestle noun A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
  • stomp verb To step down heavily and forcefully, often out of anger.
  • tamper verb To interfere with something in an unauthorized or harmful way.

Senses

Stampfer is used for these senses in English:

  • compactor A machine that reduces the bulk of waste or other material by compaction.
  • pestle A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
  • stomp A deliberate heavy footfall; a stamp.
  • tamper A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.
  • tamper A person or thing that tamps.

pestle — full definition

  1. noun A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
  2. noun A constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape.
  3. noun The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig.

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