| ADJECTIVE | all | compact | closely and firmly united or packed together |
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| all | compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset | having a short and solid form or stature | |
| all | compact, compendious, succinct, summary | briefly giving the gist of something | |
| VERB | contact | compact, pack | have the property of being packable or of compacting easily |
| contact | compact, pack, bundle, wad | compress into a wad | |
| contact | compact, compress, pack together | make more compact by or as if by pressing | |
| contact | compact, compress, constrict, squeeze, contract, press | squeeze or press together | |
| NOUN | artifact | compact, powder compact | a small cosmetics case with a mirror |
| communication | compact, covenant, concordat | a signed written agreement between two or more parties / parties / parties (nations) to perform some action | |
| artifact | compact, compact car | a small and economical car |
| Sounds | kaa'mpaekt; kahmpae'kt | |
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| Rhymes | abstract ... whacked: 41 rhymes with aekt... | |
| Meaning | Closely and firmly united or packed together. | |
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| Examples |
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| Narrower | clayey, cloggy, heavy | (used of soil) compact and fine-grained |
| close-packed | packed especially tightly | |
| consolidated | forming a solid mass | |
| impacted, wedged | Wedged or packed in together | |
| packed | Pressed together or compressed | |
| serried | (especially of rows as of troops or mountains) pressed together | |
| tight | packed closely together | |
| See also | concentrated | Gathered together or made less diffuse |
| Opposite | loose | not compact or dense in structure or arrangement |
| Spanish | compacto | |
| Catalan | compacte | |
| Nouns | compactness | the consistency of a compact solid |
| Adverbs | compactly | taking up no more space than necessary |
| compactly | in a compact manner or state | |
| Meaning | Having a short and solid form or stature. | |
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| Example | "a wrestler of compact build" | |
| Synonyms | heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset | |
| Broader | short, little | Low in stature |
| Spanish | achaparrado, compacto, corpulento, fornido, fuerte, grueso, rechoncho, robusto | |
| Catalan | cepat, corpulent, fornit, fort, robust | |
| Nouns | compactness | the consistency of a compact solid |
| Meaning | briefly giving the gist of something. | |
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| Example | "a compact style is brief and pithy" | |
| Synonyms | compendious, succinct, summary | |
| Broader | concise | Expressing much in few words |
| Spanish | conciso, sucinta, sucinto, sumario | |
| Catalan | succint | |
| Adverbs | compactly | with concise and precise brevity |
| Meaning | A small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse. | |
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| Synonym | powder compact | |
| Broader | case | A portable container for carrying several objects |
| Spanish | polvera | |
| Catalan | polvorera | |
| Meaning | A signed written agreement between two or more parties / parties / parties (nations) to perform some action. | |
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| Synonyms | covenant, concordat | |
| Instances | Lateran Treaty | The agreement signed in the Lateran Palace in 1929 by Italy and the Holy See which recognized the Vatican City as a sovereign and independent papal state |
| Broader | written agreement | A legal document summarizing the agreement between parties |
| Spanish | acuerdo, alianza, concordato, convenio, pacto, trato | |
| Catalan | acord, concordat, conveni, pacte, tracte | |
| Meaning | A small and economical car. | |
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| Synonym | compact car | |
| Broader | car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar | A motor vehicle with four wheels |
| Spanish | coche utilitario, compacto, utilitario | |
| Catalan | cotxe utilitari, utilitari | |
| Meaning | Have the property of being packable or of compacting easily. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s Adjective | |
| Example | "This powder compacts easily" | |
| Synonym | pack | |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Similar to | pack, bundle, wad, compact | compress into a wad |
| Nouns | compaction | an increase / increase in the density / density of something |
| Meaning | compress into a wad. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | pack, bundle, wad | |
| Narrower | puddle | Work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud |
| Broader | arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order |
| Similar to | compact, pack | Have the property of being packable or of compacting easily |
| Spanish | compactar, comprimir, empacar, empaquetar, hacer bultos | |
| Catalan | compactar, empacar, empaquetar, feixar | |
| Nouns | compaction | the act of crushing |
| Meaning | make more compact by or as if by pressing. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | compress, pack together | |
| Entails | press | Exert pressure or force to or upon |
| Narrower | tamp down, tamp, pack | press down tightly |
| Broader | wedge, squeeze, force | squeeze like a wedge into a tight space |
| Opposite | decompress, uncompress | restore to its uncompressed form |
| Spanish | compactar, comprimir | |
| Catalan | comprimir, condensar | |
| Nouns | compaction | the act of crushing |
| Meaning | squeeze or press together. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | compress, constrict, squeeze, contract, press | |
| Entailed by | strangle, strangulate, throttle | kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air |
| wring out, squeeze out | extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing | |
| Narrower | astringe | constrict or bind or draw together |
| bear down, overbear | contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery | |
| choke, strangle | constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing | |
| choke, gag, fret | Be too tight | |
| choke, scrag | Wring the neck of | |
| convulse | contract involuntarily, as in a spasm | |
| convulse | Cause to contract | |
| prim | contract one's lips | |
| strangulate | constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air | |
| Broader | tighten | Become tight / tight / tight / tight / tight or tighter / tighter / tighter / tighter / tighter |
| Spanish | apretar, comprimir | |
| Catalan | atapeir, compactar, comprimir, estretir, prémer, premsar | |
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