compartment

[ kuhm-pahrt-muhnt ]

/ kəmˈpɑrt mənt /

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noun

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.

verb (used with object)

to divide into compartments.

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Origin of compartment

1555–65; < Middle French compartiment < Italian compartimento. See compart, -ment

SYNONYMS FOR compartment

1 division, section.

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Words nearby compartment

comparison test, comparison-shop, comparsa, compart, compartimento, compartment, compartmental, compartmentalize, compartmentation, compass, compass card

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The EFPs were hidden in a compartment under an unassuming-looking house.
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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.
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After this attack, Ogorzow left his weapon behind on the train, hiding it in the compartment.
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Ogorzow turned his back on Bendorf and opened the compartment door.
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The other women may have attempted to squeeze through the small window into the driver's compartment, but it was too late.
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In his opinion the House could no longer keep itself in a compartment apart—especially as it was not a watertight compartment.
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They begin with an historical picture, its landscape and buildings, in one compartment.
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The contents of this compartment are thereby discharged through the shoot C into the generating tank B.
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He kneeled down plump on the floor of that compartment and took her in his arms and kissed her.
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In a few moments, however, he returns, and takes a middle seat in the compartment.
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British Dictionary definitions for compartment

compartment

/ (kəmˈpɑːtmənt) /

noun

one of the sections into which an area, esp an enclosed space, is divided or partitioned

any separate part or sectiona compartment of the mind

a small storage space; locker

Derived forms of compartment

compartmental (ˌkɒmpɑːtˈmɛntəl), adjectivecompartmentally, 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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