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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Abacus :: Abacus (n.) A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard..
Locellate :: Locellate (a.) Divided into secondary compartments or cells, as where one cavity is separated into several smaller ones..
Panel :: Panel (n.) A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc..
Partition :: Partition (v.) A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.
Water Ballast :: Water ballast () Water confined in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast..
Pane :: Pane (n.) Especially, in modern use, the glass in one compartment of a window sash..
Hopscotch :: Hopscotch (n.) A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground; -- called also hoppers..
Pew :: Pew (n.) One of the compartments in a church which are separated by low partitions, and have long seats upon which several persons may sit; -- sometimes called slip. Pews were originally made square, but are now usually long and narrow..
Severy :: Severy (n.) A bay or compartment of a vaulted ceiling.
Bay :: Bay (n.) A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks..
Commode :: Commode (n.) A night stand with a compartment for holding a chamber vessel.
Stall :: Stall (v. i.) A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other animal..
Loculate :: Loculate (a.) Divided into compartments.
Bay :: Bay (n.) A small body of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just outside of the gates of a lock, etc..
Light :: Light (n.) The medium through which light is admitted, as a window, or window pane; a skylight; in architecture, one of the compartments of a window made by a mullion or mullions..
Compartment :: Compartment (n.) One of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight bulkheads.
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..
Copartment :: Copartment (n.) A compartment.
Dithecous :: Dithecous (a.) Having two thecae, cells, or compartments..
Compartment :: 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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