Capable of contracting or being contracted.

Roget 195: contracting etc. v.; astringent; shrunk, contracted etc. v.; strangulated, tabid^†, wizened, stunted; waning etc. v.; neap, compact.    unexpanded etc. (expand) etc. 194^†; contractile; compressible; smaller etc. (small) etc. 193.    ... meer laten zien