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