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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.
EXPANDArchitecture. a distinct major division of a design.
verb (used with object)
7.
to divide into compartments.
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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).
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