compartmented

Variant of compartment

compartment definition

com·part·ment (kəm pärt′mənt; for v., -ment′, -mənt)

noun

  1. any of the divisions into which a space is partitioned off
  2. a separate section, part, division, or category

Etymology: Fr compartiment < It compartimento < compartire, compart

transitive verb

compartmentalize

Related Forms:

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