Compartment definition

kəm-pärtmənt

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One of the parts or spaces into which an area is subdivided.

noun

noun

One of the parts in which an area is subdivided.

noun

(biochemistry) Part of a protein that serves a specific function.

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

A separate section, part, division, or category.

noun

verb

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Singular:

compartment

Plural:

compartments

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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