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com⋅part⋅ment

   [kuhm-pahrt-muhnt]
–noun
1. a part or space marked or partitioned off.
2. a separate room, section, etc.: a baggage compartment.
3. U.S. Railroads. a private bedroom with toilet facilities.
4. a separate aspect, function, or the like: the compartments of the human mind.
5. Architecture. a distinct major division of a design.
6. Heraldry. a decorative base, as a grassy mound, on which the supporters of an escutcheon stand or rest.
–verb (used with object)
7. to divide into compartments.
Origin:
1555–65; < MF compartiment < It compartimento. See compart, -ment
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Language Translation for : Compartment
Spanish: compartimiento, German: die Abteilung, Japanese: 仕切り客室
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com·part·ment     (kəm-pärt'mənt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. One of the parts or spaces into which an area is subdivided.
  2. A separate room, section, or chamber: a storage compartment.
tr.v.   com·part·ment·ed, com·part·ment·ing, com·part·ments
To compartmentalize: "The information has not been compartmented" (John H. Cushman, Jr.)
com'part·ment'al (kŏm'pärt-měn'tl) adj.
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compartment 
1564, from M.Fr. compartiment "part partitioned off," through It. compartimento, from L.L. compartiri "to divide," from com- intensive prefix + partis, gen. of pars "part" (see part).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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compartment

noun
1. a space into which an area is subdivided 
2. a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area 

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Compartment

Com*part"ment\, n. [F. compartiment, OF. compartir to divide. See Compart.]

1. One of the parts into which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions, or lines; as, the compartments of a cabinet, a house, or a garden.

In the midst was placed a large compartment composed of grotesque work. --Carew.

2. (Shipbuilding) One of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight bulkheads.

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