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Compartment

//kəmˈpɑɹtmənt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A room, or section, or chamber, typically within a vehicle.

    "Two men were seated in a well-lit compartment of a third-class railway carriage."

  2. 2
    a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area wordnet
  3. 3
    One of the parts into which an area is subdivided.
  4. 4
    a space into which an area is subdivided wordnet
  5. 5
    The part of a protein that serves a specific function.
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  1. 6
    A mound (often of grass), shelf (of e.g. wall) or other thing beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.
  2. 7
    A region in the body, delimited by a biological membrane.
Verb
  1. 1
    To arrange in separate compartments. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

First attested 1564, from Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from Late Latin compartiri (“to divide with, to share with”), from com- + partiri (“to apportion, to divide, to share”).

Etymology 2

First attested 1564, from Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from Late Latin compartiri (“to divide with, to share with”), from com- + partiri (“to apportion, to divide, to share”).

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