compact
/kəmˈpækt/, /kɑm-/ /ˈkɑm·pækt/ v [T] (CLOSE TOGETHER)Definition
› to press something tightly and solidly together: The morning traffic had compacted the snow until it was a sheet of ice.
(Definition of compact v (CLOSE TOGETHER) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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