compact
Adjective
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also: concentrated - gathered together or made less diffusesimilar to:
- 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
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similar to: concise - expressing much in few words
Noun
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is a type of: case - a portable container for carrying several objectssame as: powder compact
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is a type of: written agreement - a legal document summarizing the agreement between partiesspecific 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
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is a type of: auto, automobile, car, machine, motorcar - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion enginesame as: compact car
Verb
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is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)same as: pack
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subtypes: puddle - work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
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entail: press - exert pressure or force to or uponsame as: compress, pack together
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is a type of: tighten - become tight or tightersubtypes:
- choke, strangle - constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- prim - contract one's lips
- astringe - constrict or bind or draw together
- strangulate - constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air
- convulse - contract involuntarily, as in a spasm
- convulse - cause to contract
- bear down, overbear - contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
- choke, fret, gag - be too tight; rub or press
- choke, scrag - wring the neck of
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