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Word entry · 11 letters

compression

Best crossword clue

"Squeezing"

11 letters · collected on this word page

11 lettersPronunciation /kəmˈpɹɛʃ.ən/Part of speech nounSorted ceimnooprssStarts with CEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. The act of pressing, squeezing, or reducing in size.

Word origin

Borrowed from Middle French compression, from Latin compressiō, equivalent to compress + -ion.

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Synonyms

pressing 8 letterssqueezing 9 letterscompaction 10 lettersconcretion 10 letterscompressing 11 letterscontraction 11 letterscondensation 12 lettersdensification 13 letters

Broader terms

press 5 lettersencoding 8 letterspressing 8 letterspressure 8 lettersshrinkage 9 lettersshrinking 9 lettersencryption 10 lettersconcentration 13 letters

More specific words

crush 5 letterscrunch 6 letterssqueeze 7 letterssqueezing 9 letterscompaction 10 letterscondensing 10 letterscoarctation 11 letterscondensation 12 letters

Opposite

decompression 13 lettersrarefaction 11 letters

Rhymes

ion 3 letterscion 4 letterslion 4 letterspion 4 lettersanion 5 lettersavion 5 lettersinion 5 lettersonion 5 letters

Longer words

compressions 12 letterscompressional 13 lettersdecompression 13 letters