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compactor
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English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /kɑmˈpæktɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɒmˈpæktə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)
- Homophone: compacter
Noun
compactor (plural compactors)
- A machine that reduces the bulk of waste or other material by compaction.
Derived terms
Translations
A Material-reducing Machine
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Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔmˈpaːk.tɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [komˈpak.t̪or]
Noun
compāctor m (genitive compāctōris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French compacteur, from Latin compactor.
Noun
compactor n (plural compactoare)
Declension
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