compacted

noun

a small and economical car

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

a small cosmetics case with a mirror

verb

squeeze or press together

make more compact by or as if by pressing

compress into a wad

have the property of being packable or of compacting easily

adjective

briefly giving the gist of something

having a short and solid form or stature

closely and firmly united or packed together

Roots

pangopact- · Latin · fasten, fix

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