adjective.Flattened, especially when along its entire length.
verb.
Simple past tense and past participle of compress.
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adjective.
pressed tightly together
adjective.
flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
adjective.
reduced in volume by pressure
Word Usage
""Spunnels" in the public's jargon, came into being, the term compressed from the phrase "hyperspace tunnels," a universal phenomenon once suspected and eventually confirmed."