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compact
1[ adjective kuhm-pakt, kom-, kom-pakt; verb kuhm-pakt; noun kom-pakt ]
adjective
compact soil.
- arranged within a relatively small space:
a compact shopping center;
a compact kitchen.
Synonyms: ,
- designed to be small in size and economical in operation.
- solidly or firmly built:
the compact body of a lightweight wrestler.
a compact review of the week's news.
Synonyms: , ,
- composed or made (usually followed by of ):
a book compact of form and content.
verb (used with object)
- to join or pack closely together; consolidate; condense.
Synonyms:
- to make firm or stable.
Synonyms: ,
- to form or make by close union or conjunction; make up or compose.
- Metallurgy. to compress (metallic or metallic and nonmetallic powders) in a die to be sintered.
- to crush into compact form for convenient disposal or for storage until disposal:
to compact rubbish.
noun
- a small case containing a mirror, face powder, a puff, and sometimes rouge.
- Also called compact car. an automobile that is smaller than an intermediate but larger than a subcompact and generally has a combined passenger and luggage volume of 100–110 cu. ft. (2.8–3.1 m 3 ).
- Metallurgy. (in powder metallurgy) an object to be sintered formed of metallic or of metallic and nonmetallic powders compressed in a die.
compact
2[ kom-pakt ]
noun
- a formal agreement between two or more parties, states, etc.; contract:
the proposed economic compact between Germany and France.
Synonyms: , , , ,
compact
1adjective
- closely packed together; dense
- neatly fitted into a restricted space
- concise; brief
- well constructed; solid; firm
- foll by of composed or made up (of)
- denoting a tabloid-sized version of a newspaper that has traditionally been published in broadsheet form
- 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
- (of a car) small and economical
verb
- to pack or join closely together; compress; condense
- foll by of to create or form by pressing together
sediment compacted of three types of clay
- metallurgy to compress (a metal powder) to form a stable product suitable for sintering
noun
- a small flat case containing a mirror, face powder, etc, designed to be carried in a woman's handbag
- a comparatively small and economical car
- metallurgy a mass of metal prepared for sintering by cold-pressing a metal powder
- a tabloid-sized version of a newspaper that has traditionally been publis hed in broadsheet form
compact
2/ ˈɒæ /
noun
- an official contract or agreement
Derived Forms
- dzˈ貹ٱ, noun
- dzˈ貹ٱ, adverb
- dzˈ貹پDz, noun
- dzˈ貹ٲԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- dz·貹·· adverb
- dz·貹··Ա noun
- dz·貹· adverb
- dz·貹·Ա noun
- ܲ·dz·貹· adjective
- ɱ-dz·貹· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of compact1
Word History and Origins
Origin of compact1
Origin of compact2
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Steel and other metals also get compacted in the recycling zone before being trucked away.
For 1968, which has been called “the year that shattered America,” such a compact of faith at the core of “Dark” — and a contract between strangers, no less — is no cavalier thing.
Skyfly's Axe, by comparison, is more compact and aimed at the private market.
At the end of the short trail, the fuel offered inside Saar’s compact service station, a shiny tin shack sheltered among trees, is spiritual nourishment.
By design, the details of how "freedom cities" would be established are laden with legalese like "federal enclaves with special economic and jurisdictional zones" or "interstate compacts."
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