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compartment
[kuhm-pahrt-muhnt]
noun
a part or space marked or partitioned off.
Synonyms: ,a separate room, section, etc..
a baggage compartment.
U.S. Railroads.a private bedroom with toilet facilities.
a separate aspect, function, or the like.
the compartments of the human mind.
Architecture.a distinct major division of a design.
Heraldry.a decorative base, as a grassy mound, on which the supporters of an escutcheon stand or rest.
verb (used with object)
to divide into compartments.
compartment
/ kəmˈpɑːtmənt, ˌkɒmpɑːtˈmɛntəl /
noun
one of the sections into which an area, esp an enclosed space, is divided or partitioned
any separate part or section
a compartment of the mind
a small storage space; locker
Other Word Forms
- ˌdz貹ˈԳٲ adverb
- compartmental adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of compartment1
Word History and Origins
Origin of compartment1
Example Sentences
Metro trains were so packed that several people - including this reporter - were not able to enter any compartment.
It capsized into the Arabian Sea in the early hours of Sunday due to flooding in one of its compartments.
Towards the end of the patrol he described how hungry crew members rummaged for tins of food in hidden compartments inside the submarine.
“I had so totally bottled things up my whole life into safe compartments of denial that I knew no way to work the levers when emotions couldn’t be contained,” he wrote.
They walked her back inside and sat her down, she recalled, before proceeding to search her apartment, emptying every drawer and compartment.
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