1 small and easy to carry:
a compact camera * The notebook computer is small and compact and weighs only 3.6lb.
2 using or filling only a small amount of space:
The kitchen was compact but well equipped.
3 closely and firmly packed together:
a compact mass of earth * The grey clouds had become more compact and the sky suddenly grew dark.
4 (of a person or an animal) small and strong:
He had a compact and muscular body.
compactly adverb
compactness noun [U]:
He had the natural compactness of a good ball player.
Part of speech: noun
1 (AmE) a small car
compareSUBCOMPACT
2 a small flat box with a mirror, containing powder that women use on their faces
3 (formal) a formal agreement between two or more people or countries
verb [VN] [usuallypassive] to press sth together firmly:
a layer of compacted snow
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is compact a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, compact is tagged as adjective.
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