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1. Closely and firmly united or packed together
   "compact soil"; "compact clusters of flowers"
    
2. Having a short and solid form or stature
   "a wrestler of compact build"
   - heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset
    
3. Briefly giving the gist of something
   "a compact style is brief and pithy"
   - compendious, succinct, summary

1. A small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
   - powder compact
    
2. A signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
   - covenant, concordat
    
3. A small and economical car
   - compact car

1. Have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
   "This powder compacts easily"
   - pack
    
2. Compress into a wad
   - pack, bundle, wad
    
3. Make more compact by or as if by pressing
   - compress, pack together
    
4. Squeeze or press together
   - compress, constrict, squeeze, contract, press

Derived forms: compacted, compacting, compacts

See also: clayey, cloggy, close-packed, compaction, compactly, compactness, concentrated, concise, consolidated, heavy, impacted, little, packed, serried, short, tight, wedged

Type of: arrange, auto, automobile, be, car, case, force, machine, motorcar, set up, squeeze, tighten, wedge, written agreement

Antonym: loose

Encyclopedia: Compact