compartment

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /kəmˈpɑː(ɹ)tmənt/

Noun

compartment (plural compartments)

1. A room, or section, or chamber

   Two men were seated in a well-lighted compartment of a third-class railway carriage.

2. One of the parts into which an area is subdivided.
3. (biochemistry) Part of a protein that serves a specific function.
4. (heraldry) A mound (often of grass) beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.
5. (anatomy) A region in the body, delimited by a biological membrane.

Translations

• French: compartiment
• German: Abteil
• Portuguese: compartimento
• Russian: отделе́ние
• Spanish: compartimiento

Translations

• French: compartiment
• Russian: отделе́ние
• Spanish: compartimiento

Translations

• French: terrasse
• German: Postament
• Italian: terrazza, zoccolo
• Spanish: terraza

Verb

compartment (compartments, present participle compartmenting; past and past participle compartmented)

1. (transitive) To arrange in separate compartments.

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