Hardpack
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hardpack is a noun meaning (uncountable) A material (such as dirt, gravel, or snow) compressed into a hard, smooth surface for roads etc.
Meaning
(uncountable) A material (such as dirt, gravel, or snow) compressed into a hard, smooth surface for roads etc.
More Meanings
- (countable) A hard package, especially of cigarettes.
Example Sentences
Anderson came over to me and I noticed his ammo bandoliers were full of Marlboro hardpacks.
Outside, Billy broke the cellophane on a hardpack of Marlboro Reds, tore out the foil, and extracted a cigarette.
The muzzle was filled for some inches with hardpack snow, after he had dug that out with his knife, he found the lock frozen up and snow all over the nipple.
Field reports indicate that the new cutting edge here pictured performs exceptionally well in rock, shale, limestone, hardpack clay, sandstone and other tight formations.
Word Forms
- hardpacks
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pavement, paving, hard, blacktop, hardcore, hardscaping.
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