the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"
a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
a small and economical car
closely and firmly united or packed together; "compact soil"; "compact clusters of flowers"
having component parts closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"; "a thick forest"; "thick hair"
heavy and compact in form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thick middle-aged man"; "a thickset young man"
have the property of being packable or of compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well"
a score in American football; a player is tackled behind his own goal line
a safe place; "He ran to safety"
the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions; "insure the safety of the children"; "the reciprocal of safety is risk"