compartment
Americannoun
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a part or space marked or partitioned off.
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a separate room, section, etc..
a baggage compartment.
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U.S. Railroads. a private bedroom with toilet facilities.
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a separate aspect, function, or the like.
the compartments of the human mind.
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Architecture. a distinct major division of a design.
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Heraldry. a decorative base, as a grassy mound, on which the supporters of an escutcheon stand or rest.
verb (used with object)
noun
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one of the sections into which an area, esp an enclosed space, is divided or partitioned
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any separate part or section
a compartment of the mind
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a small storage space; locker
Other Word Forms
- compartmental adjective
- compartmentally adverb
Etymology
Origin of compartment
1555–65; < Middle French compartiment < Italian compartimento. See compart, -ment
Example Sentences
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The robots have four wheels and a bigger internal compartment for carrying food and goods .
From Los Angeles Times
But the focus is on distances—between people, and between the mental compartments in which they file away their sins.
Unlike traditional compartments in the cell, these droplet-like clusters are not enclosed by membranes.
From Science Daily
She said, the injury had caused "compartment syndrome" which put her leg at risk.
From Barron's
"Red blood cells represent a hidden compartment of glucose metabolism that has not been appreciated until now," Jain says.
From Science Daily
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