Definition of compartment

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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..

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Smoker :: Smoker (n.) A smoking car or compartment.
Triptych :: Triptych (n.) A picture or altarpiece in three compartments.
"""case " :: Case (n.) A shallow tray divided into compartments or boxes for holding type..
Wince :: Wince (n.) A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment. at will..
Diaphragm :: Diaphragm (n.) A partition in any compartment, for various purposes..
Partition :: Partition (v.) A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.
Quartering :: Quartering (n.) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
Bay :: Bay (n.) A principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building, or of the whole building, as marked off by the buttresses, vaulting, mullions of a window, etc.; one of the main divisions of any structure, as the part of a bridge between two piers..
Abacus :: Abacus (n.) A tablet, panel, or compartment in ornamented or mosaic work..
Loculus :: Loculus (n.) One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament.
Chamber :: Chamber (n.) A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye..
Apartment :: Apartment (n.) A compartment.
Multilocular :: Multilocular (a.) Having many or several cells or compartments; as, a multilocular shell or capsule..
Sideboard :: Sideboard (n.) A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service.
Calycozoa :: Calycozoa (n. pl.) A group of acalephs of which Lucernaria is the type. The body is cup-shaped with eight marginal lobes bearing clavate tentacles. An aboral sucker serves for attachment. The interior is divided into four large compartments. See Lucernarida.
Goose :: Goose (n.) A game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted..
Muffle :: Muffle (v. t.) An earthenware compartment or oven, often shaped like a half cylinder, used in furnaces to protect objects heated from the direct action of the fire, as in scorification of ores, cupellation of ore buttons, etc..
Deck :: Deck (v.) The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks..
Pane :: Pane (n.) A division; a distinct piece, limited part, or compartment of any surface; a patch; hence, a square of a checkered or plaided pattern..
Panel :: Panel (n.) A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc..
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