WordNet
n. a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse [syn: compact]
Usage examples of "powder compact".
It begins, one evening shoe, bracelet, powder compact, diamond ring, cigarette lighter, stethoscope, and so on.
Wallet leaking credit cards and carelessly wadded bills, liquid makeup in small jars, loose-powder compact, dented lipsticks, of prescription pills, multiple vitamins, calcium and melatonin, book and cellular phone and a half-dozen felt-tip pens, and--what was this?
She opened the bag and got out a powder compact that had a small round mirror on the inside of the lid.
Beating rain washed more of the mud away, and he saw that it was a lady's gold powder compact.
A spitting contest followed, at a heated moment of which the losing side dropped a valuable, mirrorless powder compact out of her cardigan pocket.
The bunch of picklocks clattered upon the desk, mixed up with a handkerchief, a powder compact and a pocket-comb.
The incense was in a secret compartment of her powder compact, hidden from the view of casual observers.