compacter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective closely and firmly united or packed together
    compact.
    • compact soil
    • compact clusters of flowers
  2. adjective satellite having a short and solid form or stature
    compact; stocky; thick; thickset; heavyset.
    • a wrestler of compact build
    • he was tall and heavyset
    • stocky legs
    • a thickset young man
  3. adjective satellite briefly giving the gist of something
    compact; summary; succinct; compendious.
    • a short and compendious book
    • a compact style is brief and pithy
    • succinct comparisons
    • a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject

WordNet


Com*pact"er noun
Definitions
  1. One who makes a compact.

Webster 1913