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compact
adjective /kəmˈpækt/Definition
› consisting of parts that are positioned together closely or in a tidy way, using very little space: compact soil/sand a compact camera/bag What a compact office! How did you fit so much into so little space?SmallExtremely small compactly
/-li/ adverb SmallExtremely small compactness
/-nəs/ noun [U] SmallExtremely small
(Definition of compact adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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