compartment

Meaning

Noun

1. A room, or section, or chamber, typically within a vehicle.
2. One of the parts into which an area is subdivided.
3. The part of a protein that serves a specific function.
4. A mound (often of grass), shelf (of e.g. wall) or other thing beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.
5. A region in the body, delimited by a biological membrane.

Verb

To arrange in separate compartments.

Synonyms

section

department

division

pigeonhole

room

branch

cubicle

chamber

partition

cabin

speciality

apartment

square

ward

lane

demarcation

closet

classification

drawer

sorting

boundary

specialization

subdivision

coupé

niche

pit

property

roomette

segmentation

settlement of accounts

shelf

small room

squad

territory

unit

scout troop

dividing wall

toeing the mark

compart

divorce

part

room of house

accommodation

area

arm

block

booth

box

📦

car body

cell

Translations

compartiment

compartimiento

scompartimento

compartimento

Abteil

vak

Fach

compartimento

tak

branche

Abteilung

compartimento

case

🛖

scomparto

afdeling

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəmˈpɑɹtmənt/

Etymology

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”).

Sentences

The authorities in Bordeaux have searched his compartment on the train .