compact
adjective
- 1
closely and firmly united or packed together
compact soil
compact clusters of flowers
- 2
briefly giving the gist of something
a short and compendious book
a compact style is brief and pithy
- 3
having a short and solid form or stature
a wrestler of compact build
he was tall and heavyset
noun
- 1
a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
- 2
a small and economical car
- 3
a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
verb
- 1
squeeze or press together
she compressed her lips
the spasm contracted the muscle
- 2
make more compact by or as if by pressing
compress the data
- 3
compress into a wad
wad paper into the box
- 4
have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
This powder compacts easily
Such odd-shaped items do not pack well
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