Compartment meaning
One of the parts or spaces into which an area is subdivided.
noun
A separate room, section, or chamber.
A storage compartment.
noun
To compartmentalize.
verb
Any of the divisions into which a space is partitioned off.
noun
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A separate section, part, division, or category.
noun
Origin of compartment
- 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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