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compact
Noun
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A compact is an agreement or contract.
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A compact is a small container with a folding mirror that contains powder and is used by women.
compact
Adjective
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If something is compact, it is packed into a tight space.
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If something is compact, all of the needed features of something fits in a small space.
compact
Verb
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If something is compacted, it is made smaller; it is compressed.
ball
Noun
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A ball is a round thing. People often use them to play games.
The croquet ball was hit through the wicket and the game was over.
A ball is hit with a racquet in tennis.
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A ball is a formal dance.
There is an inaugural ball following the swearing-in of the new President.
Cinderella lost her glass slipper at the Prince's ball.
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the testicles
John's balls ached because he hadn't had sex in two days.
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"guts", fortitude, moral strength
John didn't have the balls to quit his job, divorce his wife, and start a new life in Tahiti.
ball
Verb
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If you ball something up, you make it into a ball shape.
Ball the cookie dough, wrap it in paper, then freeze it.
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sexual intercourse.