Compact | Mean of compact in English Dictionary

/kəmˈpækt/

• smaller than other things of the same kind
1. The camera is compact.
2. The drill has a compact design.
3. a compact car
• using little space and having parts that are close together
1. the apartment's compact floor plan
2. The cabin was compact but perfectly adequate.
• closely or firmly packed or joined together
1. compact dirt

• short but solid and strong
1. He is compact and muscular.
2. He has a compact body.
• Verb
• to press (something) so that it is harder and fills less space
1. Tractors had compacted [=compressed] the soil.
2. The snow had compacted into a hard icy layer.
• Noun
• a small flat case containing powder or makeup for a woman's face
• a small car
1. a new line of compacts [=compact cars]
• an agreement between two or more people or groups
1. States created a compact to control milk prices.