compartment [kuh m-pahrt -muh nt]
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See more synonyms for compartment on Thesaurus.com a part or space marked or partitioned off. 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. Show More
to divide into compartments. Show More
Origin of compartment 1555–65; <
Middle French compartiment <
Italian compartimento. See
compart ,
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Related Words for compartment slot ,
alcove ,
locker ,
cell ,
chamber ,
carriage ,
cubicle ,
category ,
division ,
niche ,
piece ,
area ,
berth ,
pigeonhole ,
bay ,
portion ,
stall ,
place ,
booth ,
cubbyhole Examples from the Web for compartment Contemporary Examples of compartment The EFPs were hidden in a compartment under an unassuming-looking house.
Ogorzow had to remember where it was at the Hirschgarten station and keep an eye out on the doors on that side of the compartment .
After this attack, Ogorzow left his weapon behind on the train, hiding it in the compartment .
Ogorzow turned his back on Bendorf and opened the compartment door.
The other women may have attempted to squeeze through the small window into the driver's compartment , but it was too late.
Historical Examples of compartment A jolly tanner observes: "I'll get a compartment to oursels."
My sharing his compartment had evidently produced an unpleasant impression.
The brother had the compartment next to that woman, with the big dog.
The Ring Master now passed, raised his hat and entered his compartment .
Then Ossipon came back, saying: “I told him not to let anybody get into our compartment .”
British Dictionary definitions for compartment 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 Show More
Derived Forms compartmental (ˌkɒmpɑːtˈmɛntə l ), adjective compartmentally , adverb Word Origin for compartment C16: from French compartiment, ultimately from Late Latin compartīrī to share, from Latin com- with + partīrī to apportion, from pars part
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Word Origin and History for compartment n. 1560s, from Middle French compartiment "part partitioned off" (16c.), through Italian compartimento , from Late Latin compartiri "to divide," from com- , intensive prefix (see com- ), + partis , genitive of pars "part" (see part (n.)).
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