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