compartment
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
compartment/kəmˈpɑːtmənt/
▶noun
- 1 a separate section of a structure or container.
■ a division of a railway carriage marked by partitions.
- 2 Heraldry a grassy mound or other support depicted below a shield.
– derivatives
compartmental adjective,
compartmentally adverb,
compartmentation noun.
compartmental adjective,
compartmentally adverb,
compartmentation noun.
– origin C16: from Fr. compartiment, based on late L. compartiri ‘divide’.
'compartment' also found in these Oxford entries:
airlock
- air sac
- bomb bay
- booth
- bucket
- bunker
- cab
- cabin
- cage
- car
- caravanette
- cash desk
- cell
- cockpit
- command module
- compartment syndrome
- crisper
- depressurize
- drawer
- glovebox
- glove compartment
- icebox
- lift
- limousine
- locker
- loculus
- nacelle
- oven
- overhead
- pocket
- refrigerator
- roomette
- severy
- stall
- stateroom
- stokehold
- tail end
- till
- trap
