compact

closely and firmly united or packed together

• “compact soil”
• “compact clusters of flowers”

closely crowded together

• “a compact shopping center”
• “a dense population”
• “thick crowds”

heavy and compact in form or stature

• “a wrestler of compact build”
• “he was tall and heavyset”
• “stocky legs”
• “a thick middle-aged man”
• “a thickset young man”

briefly giving the gist of something

• “a short and compendious book”
• “a compact style is brief and pithy”
• “succinct comparisons”
• “a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject”

a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman''s purse

a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action

a small and economical car

have the property of being packable or compactable or of compacting easily

• “This powder compacts easily”
• “Such odd-shaped items do not pack well”

compress into a wad

• “wad paper into the box”

make more compact by or as if by pressing

• “compress the data”

squeeze or press together

• “she compressed her lips”
• “the spasm contracted the muscle”