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 Definitions of compartment  [əmˈpɑrt mənt]  

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Definition of 'compartment' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) compartment
a part or space marked or partitioned off.

2.  compartment
a separate room, section, etc.:
a baggage compartment.

3. (v.t.) compartment
to divide into compartments.

Etymology:  (1555–65; < MF compartiment < It compartimento)

Definition of 'compartment' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) compartment
a space into which an area is subdivided

2. (noun) compartment
a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area


Definition of 'compartment' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) compartment
an enclosed area within a larger area
a travel bag with multiple compartments; the sleeping compartments on a train


Definition of 'compartment' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) compartment
one of the parts into which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions, or lines; as, the compartments of a cabinet, a house, or a garden

2. (noun) compartment
one of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight bulkheads


Translation of 'compartment' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a separate part or division eg of a railway carriage
We couldn't find an empty compartment in the train; The drawer was divided into compartments.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kompartement Arabic flag Arabic: حُجَيْرَه، مَقْصورَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: купе
Brazilian flag Brazilian: compartimento Czech flag Czech: kupé; oddělení German flag German: die Abteilung
Danish flag Danish: kupé; afdeling Greek flag Greek: διαμέρισμα, τμήμα, βαγόνι Spanish flag Spanish: compartimiento
Estonian flag Estonian: kupee, sektsioon, lahter Farsi flag Farsi: کوپه؛ محفظه Finnish flag Finnish: osasto
French flag French: compartiment Hebrew flag Hebrew: תָּא Hindi flag Hindi: कक्ष, कोष्ठ, खाना
Croatian flag Croatian: pregradak, odjeljak Hungarian flag Hungarian: fülke Indonesian flag Indonesian: kompartemen
Icelandic flag Icelandic: klefi; hólf, bás Italian flag Italian: compartimento, scompartim Japanese flag Japanese: 仕切り客室
Korean flag Korean: 객실 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: skyrius, kupė Latvian flag Latvian: nodalījums; kupeja
Malay flag Malay: bahagian Dutch flag Dutch: coupa a, vak Norwegian flag Norwegian: avdeling, bås, felt; kupé
Polish flag Polish: przedział Persian flag Persian: کوپه؛ محفظه Pashto flag Pashto: خونه، كوټه، غالى (لكه چوغ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: compartimento Romanian flag Romanian: compartiment Russian flag Russian: купе; отсек
Slovak flag Slovak: oddelenie Slovenian flag Slovenian: oddelek; kupé Serbian flag Serbian: kupe
Swedish flag Swedish: kupé, bås, fack Thai flag Thai: การแบ่งส่วน Turkish flag Turkish: kompartman
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 隔間 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: відділення; купе Urdu flag Urdu: ڈبہ ، کمرہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: buồng Chinese flag Chinese: 分隔间

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