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Nov 8, 2009
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com•press



Pronunciation: (
—v.kum-pres';
—n.kom'pres), [key]
—v.t.
1. to press together; force into less space.
2. to cause to become a solid mass: to compress cotton into bales.
3. to condense, shorten, or abbreviate: The book was compressed by 50 pages.

—n.
1. Med.a soft, cloth pad held in place by a bandage and used to provide pressure or to supply moisture, cold, heat, or medication.
2. an apparatus for compressing cotton bales.
3. a warehouse for storing cotton bales before shipment.

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