powder compact

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   a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse

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Questions about powder compact

What does powder compact mean?

powder compact means "a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse".

What is another word for powder compact?

Close synonyms include compact. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is powder compact a common word?

powder compact is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.