Compartment

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One of the parts or spaces into which an area is subdivided.
  • n. A separate room, section, or chamber: a storage compartment.
  • v. To compartmentalize: "The information has not been compartmented” ( John H. Cushman, Jr.)
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A room, or section, or chamber
  • n. One of the parts in which an area is subdivided.
  • n. Part of a protein that serves a specific function.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of the parts into which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions, or lines.
  • n. One of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight bulkheads.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A part separated from the adjoining parts by a partition or other mechanical means: as, the compartments of a steamship or of a European railway-carriage.
  • n. In art, a panel; a cartouche; a coffer; any portion of a work or design separated from the rest by a frame or molding, by being raised or sunk, or in any other way, especially to receive an inscription or a decoration of any kind: as, the compartments of a coffered ceiling; the small sculptured compartments of the portals of the cathedral of Amiens. See cut under calendar.
  • n. Specifically, in heraldry, any partition or division of the field.
  • n. A division or chamber in any part of a plant or of an animal.
  • n. In forestry, the unit of area treated in a working plan. The size and the shape of compartments are determined mainly by topographic features.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area
  • n. a space into which an area is subdivided
  • Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    division    chamber    partition    pane    pigeonhole    cell    coupé    locker    coffer    bay   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    apartment    department   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cabin    chamber    hatch    panel    corridor    locker    tank    container    tunnel    section