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Sectional

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a particular district.

adj. Composed of or divided into component sections.

n. A piece of furniture made up of sections that can be used separately or together.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Separating into sections.

adj. Relating to conflict between areas.

n. An item of furniture composed of modular sections; usually specifically a sectional sofa

n. A tournament or match held at the section level, typically between the regionals and the championships

n. A band sectional, in which one section of a band or orchestra practices separately

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Of or pertaining to a section or distinct part of larger body or territory; local.

adj. Consisting of sections, or capable of being divided into sections.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Composed of or made up in several independent sections: as, the sectional hull of a ship.

Of or pertaining to some particular section or region; for or in regard to some particular part of a country as distinct from others; local: as, sectional interests; sectional prejudices; sectional spirit; sectional legislation.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. relating to or based upon a section (i.e. as if cut through by an intersecting plane)

n. a piece of furniture made up of sections that can be arranged individually or together

adj. consisting of or divided into sections

adj. related or limited to a distinct region or subdivision of a territory or community or group of people

Word Usage

"This does sound very similar to what Brown's close ally Ed Balls in August 2006 described as "short-term sectional gestures on taxation" after Blairite Stephen Byers called for the abolition of inheritance tax."

Equivalent

divided territorial

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

piece of furniture article of furniture furniture

Form

band sectional

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

local

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

correctional directional

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

sectarian long-standing irreconcilable factional ethnic