compact
adjective
well-compacted
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a word derived from
compact.
Example Sentences
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When a glacier eventually melts, the lodgement till is exposed as a sheet of well-compacted sediment ranging from several centimetres to many metres in thickness.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Polynesia, particularly New Zealand and Hawaii, is the special home of taboo—the only region in which it is known to have taken the form of a well-compacted, all-embracing system.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Morris Jastrow
It is comprehensive, methodical, well-compacted, and, from its own point of view, exhaustive.
From The Oxford Movement Twelve Years, 1833-1845 by R. W. (Richard William) Church
Large was the door, whose well-compacted strength A solid pine-tree barr'd of wondrous length: Scarce three strong Greeks could lift its mighty weight, But great Achilles singly closed the gate.
From The Iliad by Alexander Pope
The Saracen, if he had admired the strength of his adversary when sheathed in steel, was now no less struck with the accuracy of proportion displayed in his nervous and well-compacted figure.
From The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott
