compact
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Is compact a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of compact?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To form an agreement or contract.Examples: "In return for the sovereign's protection, they compacted to police the content of public literature."intransitive
adj (English)
1. (archaic) Agreed, contracted.Examples: "O Gorice XI., most glorious King of Witchland, and O Lord Goldry Bluszco, captain of the hosts of Demonland, it is compact betwixt you, and made fast by mighty oaths whereof I, the Red Foliot, am keeper, that ye shall wrastle three falls together on these conditions, […]"archaicnot-comparable
adj (English)
1. (of prose) Brief and pithy; not verbose.Examples: "a compact discourse"
2. (topology, not comparable) Of a topological space:Synonyms: quasi-compactnot-comparable
3. (topology, not comparable) Of a topological space:not-comparable
4. (obsolete) Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.Examples: "Thou fooliſh Frier, and thou pernicious woman / Compact with her that's gone:"; "a pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together"obsolete
5. (obsolete) Composed or made; with of.Examples: "A wandering fire, / Compact of unctuous vapor."obsolete
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To make more dense; to compress.Examples: "You need to excavate and remove the topsoil, line the subsoil with a geotextile, then lay and compact hardcore."Synonyms: compresstransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary