n. 25B6; adjective
a compact rug : DENSE, close-packed, tightly packed; thick, tight, firm.
a compact camera : SMALL, little, petite, miniature, mini, small-scale; Scottish wee; informal teeny, teeny-weeny; Brit. informal dinky; N. Amer. little-bitty.
her tale is compact : CONCISE, succinct, condensed, brief, pithy; short and sweet; informal snappy; formal compendious.
loose, large, rambling.
25B6; verb the snow has been compacted : COMPRESS, condense, pack down, press down, tamp (down), flatten.