Definition of compartments Compartments
/kʌmpɑˈɹtmʌnts/ - [kumpartmunts] -
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What does compartments mean?
Wiktionary 
- compartments (Noun)
Plural of compartment.
Part of speech
🔤- compartments, verb, present, 3rd person singular of compartment (infinitive).
- compartments, noun, plural of compartment.
WordNet
NounPlural: compartments |
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| compartment - a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area | ||
| room an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view" | ||
| bay a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color | ||
| bay a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color | ||
| box a blow with the hand (usually on the ear); "I gave him a good box on the ear" | ||
| loge, box balcony consisting of the forward section of a theater mezzanine | ||
| cab a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money | ||
| cabin the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried | ||
| cabin the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried | ||
| storage locker, locker, cabinet a fastener that locks or closes | ||
| cable car, car a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway; "they took a cable car to the top of the mountain" | ||
| elevator car, car a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" | ||
| gondola, car long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice | ||
| cockpit compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft | ||
| couchette a compartment on a European passenger train; contains 4 to 6 berths for sleeping | ||
| drawing room a formal room where visitors can be received and entertained | ||
| glove compartment compartment on the dashboard of a car | ||
| automobile trunk, luggage compartment, trunk compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools; "he put his golf bag in the trunk" | ||
| module a self-contained component (unit or item) that is used in combination with other components | ||
| pilothouse, wheelhouse an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated | ||
| roomette a small private compartment for one on a sleeping car | ||
| stall a tactic used to mislead or delay | ||
| compartment - a space into which an area is subdivided | ||
| space the unlimited expanse in which everything is located; "they tested his ability to locate objects in space"; "the boundless regions of the infinite" | ||
| cell (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals | ||
| cubbyhole, pigeonhole a small compartment | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- compartment (n.)
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. - compartment (n.)
One of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight bulkheads.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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compartment
kom-pärt′ment, n. a separate part or division of any enclosed space: a division of a railway carriage: a division of anything.—v.t. Compart′, to divide into parts. [Fr., from compartir—L. com, with, partīre, to part.]
Part of speech
🔤- compartment, verb, present, 1st person singular of compartment (infinitive).
- compartment, verb (infinitive).
- compartment, noun, singular of compartments.
