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- Dictionarycompartment/kəmˈpɑːtm(ə)nt/
noun
- 1. a separate section or part of a structure or container: "there's some ice cream in the freezer compartment" Similar
- 2. a grassy mound or other support depicted below a shield.
verb
- 1. divide (something) into separate parts or sections: "the buildings are to be compartmented by fire walls"
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The meaning of COMPARTMENT is a separate division or section. How to use compartment in a sentence.
noun. a part or space marked or partitioned off. Synonyms: section, division. 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.
COMPARTMENT definition: 1. one of the separate areas inside a vehicle, especially a train: 2. a separate part of a piece…. Learn more.
COMPARTMENT meaning: 1. one of the separate areas inside a vehicle, especially a train: 2. a separate part of a piece…. Learn more.
Definition of compartment noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A compartment is a space within another space, like the glove compartment in a car. Compartments are spaces, but they're not spaces that stand on their own. Rather, compartments are part of other spaces: they're subdivisions.
A compartment is one of the separate parts of an object that is used for keeping things in. I put a bottle of champagne in the freezer compartment. ...the secret compartment of my jewel box.
COMPARTMENT definition: 1. one of the separate areas inside a vehicle, especially a train: 2. a separate part of a…. Learn more.
n. 1. one of the sections into which an area, esp an enclosed space, is divided or partitioned. 2. any separate part or section: a compartment of the mind. 3. a small storage space; locker. [C16: from French compartiment, ultimately from Late Latin compartīrī to share, from Latin com- with + partīrī to apportion, from pars part] compartmental adj.
compartment meaning, definition, what is compartment: a smaller enclosed space inside somethin...: Learn more.