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Word: Compact
Speech Type: Adjective
late Middle English: from Latin compact- ‘closely put together, joined’, from the verb compingere, from com- ‘together’ + pangere ‘fasten’
kəmˈpakt
ˈkɒmpakt
closely and neatly packed together; dense
Short Definition:closely packed
Examples:- a compact cluster of houses
composed or made up of
Short Definition:composed of
Examples:- towns compact of wooden houses
Word: Compact
Speech Type: Verb
kəmˈpakt
ˈkɒmpakt
exert force on (something) so that it becomes more dense; compress
Short Definition:compress
Examples:- the rubbish was taken to the depot to be compacted
Word: Compact
Speech Type: Noun
ˈkɒmpakt
a small flat case containing face powder, a mirror, and a powder puff.
Short Definition:small case for mirror and make-up
something that is a small and conveniently shaped example of its kind, in particular a compact camera
Short Definition:compact thing
Examples:- a wide selection of films is available for your 35 mm compact
a mass of powdered metal compacted together in preparation for sintering
Short Definition:mass of powdered metal compacted together
Examples:- strength is then introduced by infiltrating glass into the compact
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