compartment

compartment (kəmˈpɑːtmənt)

—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 parspart]

compartmental

—*adj*

compart'mentally

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

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). Related: Compartmentalization (1923); compartmentalize (1925); compartmentalized (1925).

Example sentences

At the medial border of the latter tendon these two layers join together,

forming a compartment in which the tendons are enclosed.

The glove compartment was open, but somehow they missed my wallet.

In fact, there was a pencil and a notebook in the glove compartment.

Lifting a slat from the floor, he withdraws a cloth-wrapped opium pipe from a

hidden compartment.

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Matching Quote

"And then ... he flung open the door of my compartment, and ushered in "Ma young and lovely lady!" I muttered to myself with some bitterness. "And this is, of course, the opening scene of Vol. I. She is the Heroine. And I am one of those subordinate characters that only turn up when needed for the development of her destiny, and whose final appearance is outside the church, waiting to greet the Happy Pair!""

-Lewis Carroll

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