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Compact

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Noun

1. compact, powder compact

a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse

2. compact, concordat, covenant

a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action

3. compact, compact car

a small and economical car

Verb

4. compact, pack

have the property of being packable or of compacting easily

Example Sentences:
'This powder compacts easily'
'Such odd-shaped items do not pack well'

5. bundle, compact, pack, wad

compress into a wad

Example Sentences:
'wad paper into the box'

6. compact, compress, pack together

make more compact by or as if by pressing

Example Sentences:
'compress the data'

7. compact, compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze

squeeze or press together

Example Sentences:
'she compressed her lips'
'the spasm contracted the muscle'

Adjective

8. compact

closely and firmly united or packed together

Example Sentences:
'compact soil'
'compact clusters of flowers'

9. compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset

having a short and solid form or stature

Example Sentences:
'a wrestler of compact build'
'he was tall and heavyset'
'stocky legs'
'a thickset young man'

10. compact, compendious, succinct, summary

briefly giving the gist of something

Example Sentences:
'a short and compendious book'
'a compact style is brief and pithy'
'succinct comparisons'
'a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Compact

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adjective (kəmˈpækt , ˈkɒmpækt )
1. 
closely packed together; dense
2. 
neatly fitted into a restricted space
3. 
concise; brief
4. 
well constructed; solid; firm
5. (foll by of)
composed or made up (of)
6. 
denoting a tabloid-sized version of a newspaper that has traditionally been published in broadsheet form
7. logic
(of a relation) having the property that for any pair of elements such that a is related to b, there is some element c such that a is related to c and c to b, as less than on the rational numbers
8. US and Canadian
(of a car) small and economical
verb (kəmˈpækt ) (transitive)
9. 
to pack or join closely together; compress; condense
10. (foll by of)
to create or form by pressing together
sediment compacted of three types of clay
11. metallurgy
to compress (a metal powder) to form a stable product suitable for sintering
noun (ˈkɒmpækt )
12. 
a small flat case containing a mirror, face powder, etc, designed to be carried in a woman's handbag
13. US and Canadian
a comparatively small and economical car
14. metallurgy
a mass of metal prepared for sintering by cold-pressing a metal powder
15. 
a tabloid-sized version of a newspaper that has traditionally been published in broadsheet form
noun
an official contract or agreement

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Compact

see synonyms of compact
adjective
1. 
closely and firmly packed or put together; dense; solid
2. 
taking little space; arranged neatly in a small space
3. 
not diffuse or wordy; terse
4.  Archaic
made up or composed (of)
5.  US
designating or of a relatively small, light, economical model of automobile
verb transitive
6. 
to pack or join firmly together
7. 
to make by joining or putting together
8. 
to make more dense; compress; condense
noun
9. 
a small cosmetic case, usually containing face powder and mirror
10.  US
a compact automobile
11. 
an agreement between two or more individuals, states, etc.; covenant

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Compact

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v. (kəm-păkt) com·pact·ed, com·pact·ing, com·pacts
adj.
1. Closely and firmly united or packed together; dense: compact clusters of flowers.
2. Occupying little space compared with others of its type: a compact camera; a compact car.
3. Brief and to the point; concise: a compact narration.
4. Marked by or having a short solid physique: a wrestler of compact build.
v.tr.
1. To press or join firmly together: a kitchen device that compacted the trash.
2.
a. To make by pressing or joining together; compose.
b. To consolidate; combine.
v.intr.
To be capable of being pressed tightly together or to become so pressed: garbage that compacts easily.
n. (kŏmpăkt)
1. A small case containing a mirror, pressed powder, and a powder puff.
2. An automobile that is bigger in size than a subcompact but smaller than a midsize car.
n.
An agreement or a covenant. See Synonyms at agreement.

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