sammanpressa

Sammanpressa is a Swedish verb meaning to press or compress something so that its parts are pressed together or the overall volume is reduced. The word is built from samman- (together) and pressa (to press). It is a transitive verb and is used in a range of contexts, especially in manufacturing, packaging, materials processing, and geotechnical or culinary settings where compression is involved. In everyday language it can describe packing items tightly into a container or forming materials by forcing them together.

Common uses include compacting powders or grains, pressing textiles into a denser form, or shaping materials by applying pressure. In packaging, sammanpressa can refer to reducing a product’s volume for transport or storage. The term can be used both in technical descriptions and more colloquial sentences.

Noun forms related to the concept include sammanpressning, which denotes the act or result of pressing together. Adjective forms such as sammanpressad or sammanpressat describe something that has been pressed together. The verb can also appear in separable form as sammanpressa ihop when the emphasis is on pressing together more explicitly.

Examples:

- Vi sammanpressade pulvret till en kompakt tablett. (We compressed the powder into a compact tablet.)

- Marken sammanpressades av vattnet och tyngden. (The soil was compacted by water and weight.)

- Lådan blev sammanpressad när den platsades i den lilla förpackningen. (The box became pressed together in the tight package.)

See also: pressa, komprimera, sammanfogning.