compartment

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /kəmˈpɑrtmənt/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /kəmˈpɑːtmənt/

• Audio (UK)

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• Hyphenation: com‧part‧ment

Noun

Singular compartment

Plural compartments

1. (countable) A compartment is a separate section or part of a structure or container.

Verb

Plain form compartment

Third-person singular compartments

Past tense compartmented

Past participle compartmented

Present participle compartmenting

1. (transitive) If you are compartmenting something, you are separating it into different parts or sections.

Related words

• compartmental
• compartmentalize/compartmentalise