And they need no help from the gardener to maintain their compact shape.

The first fusees were long and slender, but later ones have a more squat compact shape.

It is then important that the projectile stays in a compact shape during impact (no spreading).

It can be maintained to a compact shape by pinching back new growth.

However, only in mammals does the posterior pituitary have a compact shape.

The Speedster has a compact shape means less storage room, but it folds easily.

The lamplight made her body a compact dark shape within the diaphanous dress.

Pug nose, brown hair chopped off short, green eyes, and a compact muscular shape.

Australia has a compact shape and no significant bodies of water penetrate very far inland.

We found it one of the simplest to use because of the trigger action and the compact shape.