The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PACKS , but the solution may also be TAMPS which is one of the most recent solution (2008 in Boston Globe).
Compresses crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PACKS | 75 % | 5 |
| TAMPS | 25 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Compresses
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- press
- constrict
- squeeze
- compact
- contract
- pack together
- shrinks
- compression
- compressional
- compressible
- compressive
- compressibility
Crossword Answer definitions
PACKS noun- A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
- A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
- A multitude.
- A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
- A full set of playing cards
- The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.
- A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
- A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.
- A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
- A group of Cub Scouts.
- A shook of cask staves.
- A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
- A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
- An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
- : A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
- A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
- The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.
- (physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.
- (social) To cheat.
- To load with a pack
- To load; to encumber.
- To move, send or carry.
- To block a shot, especially in basketball.
- (of the forwards in a rugby team) To play together cohesively, specially with reference to their technique in the scrum.
- (of a drag king, transman, etc.) To wear a prosthetic penis inside one’s trousers for better verisimilitude.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result PACKS
- Parliament stuff
- With 22-Across, gains a lot of weight
- Hikers' holders
- Gets ready to travel
- Prepares for a trip
- Prepares for vacation
- Cub Scout groups
- Carries, as a pistol
- Gets ready for vacation
- Groups of foxhounds