compactadjective
uk/kəmˈpækt/us/kəmˈpækt/consisting of parts that are positioned together closely or in a tidy way, using very little space:
compact soil/sand
a compact camera/bag
What a compact office! How did you fit so much into so little space?
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Small
- baby
- bijou
- bite-sized
- claustrophobic
- diminutive
- dinky
- modest
- on the large, small, etc. side idiom
- petite
- pint-sized
- pocket handkerchief
- pocket-sized
- poky
- portable
- shrunken
- side
- skimpy
- undersized
- wee
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compactly
adverb uk/kəmˈpækt.li/us/kəmˈpækt.li/
compactness
noun [ U ] uk/kəmˈpækt.nəs/us/kəmˈpækt.nəs/
compactnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɒm.pækt/us/ˈkɑːm.pækt/compact noun [ C ] (CASE)
a small, flat case that contains women's face powder:
a powder compact
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Make-up & skin care
- argan oil
- barrier cream
- BB cream
- beauty
- blusher
- eye shadow
- face cream
- fake tan
- greasepaint
- kohl
- lip balm
- lip gloss
- lippy
- lipsalve
- nail polish
- powder
- rouge
- slap
- SPF
- sunblock
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compact noun [ C ] (CAR)
US a small car
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Cars
- 4×4
- all-wheel drive
- artic
- Beemer
- beetle
- buggy
- carpool
- gas guzzler
- hatchback
- jalopy
- Jeep
- Land Rover
- limousine
- minicab
- MPV
- Rolls-Royce
- saloon
- stock car
- taxi
- wheel
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compact noun [ C ] (AGREEMENT)
formal a formal agreement between two or more people, organizations, or countries:
[ + to infinitive ] They made a compact not to reveal any details.
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Accepting & agreeing
- accept
- accredited
- assent
- be ruled by sb idiom
- buy-in
- conclude
- countenance
- court
- embrace
- gauntlet
- leap
- listen to reason idiom
- middle ground
- mustn't grumble idiom
- pounce
- reach
- signatory
- swallow
- take sb up on sth
- unquestioning
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compactverb [ T ]
uk/kəmˈpækt/us/kəmˈpækt/formalto press something together in a tight and solid way:
Cars had compacted the snow until it was like ice.
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Squeezing and grinding
- compress
- compression
- concertina
- constrict
- crush
- depress
- firm
- gnash your teeth idiom
- grind
- ground
- mill
- pack
- pinch
- pound
- pulp
- pulverize
- scrunch
- shut
- shut sth in sth
- snap
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