compacts
Small mirrored containers
Compacts are agreements or contracts, especially formal ones between parties or nations: The colonies entered into compacts with one another.
A compact is also a small case containing face powder and a mirror.
As a verb, to compact is to compress or pack tightly: The machine compacts trash into dense bales.
As an adjective, compact describes something dense or efficiently arranged: a compact apartment, compact soil.
Binding pact between nations
- pactFormal agreement between parties
- accordHarmony between parties
- covenantBinding formal pledge
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
protocol · settlement · deal · arrangement · understanding · alliance · negotiation · entente
Fine dry particles
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- mirrorReflective viewing surface
- caseContainer or instance
- blushFacial reddening from emotion
concealer · bronzer · applicator · puff · highlighter · contour · travel-size · portable
Reduced by pressure
- packedFilled to capacity
- concentratedGathered or intensified
- solidFirm matter state
- thickHaving great depth
condensed · tight · close-knit · cramped · crowded · congested · heavy · impenetrable
treaty
Binding pact between nations
convention · protocol · settlement · deal · arrangement · understanding · alliance · negotiation · entente · truce
powder
Fine dry particles
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- mirrorReflective viewing surface
- caseContainer or instance
blush · concealer · bronzer · applicator · puff · highlighter · contour · travel-size · portable · refillable
compressed
Reduced by pressure
- packedFilled to capacity
- concentratedGathered or intensified
- solidFirm matter state
thick · condensed · tight · close-knit · cramped · crowded · congested · heavy · impenetrable · clustered
subcompact
Smallest car classification
economy · fuel-efficient · parking · commuter · Mini · Civic · maneuverability · urban · two-door · affordable
consolidates
Combines into stronger whole
flattens · crushes · tamps · densifies · squashes · crams · bundles · stuffs · rams · mashes
- vehiclescar, bus, truck, van, bike
- cosmeticslipstick, mascara, eyeshadow, eyeliner, blush
- understandingsagreements, accords, pacts, treaties, deals
- federalismstates' rights, federal law, federal district, enumerated powers, federal agency
- historical beautykohl, rouge, carmine, vermilion, white lead
- treatiestreaty, treaties, peace treaty, peace treaties, bilateral treaty
compactsexpands
Increases in volume
loosens · spreads · disperses · decompresses · inflates
compactsdecentralizes
Distributes authority from center
disperses · distributes · fragments · scatters · devolves
compactsdisagreements
Failures to concur
disputes · conflicts · breaches · violations · nullifies
- compact discOptical data storage medium
- compact cassettesMagnetic tape audio format
- compact carSmall fuel-efficient automobile
- compact cameraSmall portable photography device
- compact mirrorPortable folding reflective accessory
- compact diskOptical storage medium
compact, compacted, compactness, compacting, compaction, compacters