Definitions | compartment |
| noun
- A room, or section, or chamber
- "Two men were seated in a well-lighted compartment of a third-class carriage."
- One of the parts in which an area is subdivided.
Translations: - Spanish: compartimiento
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Etymology: First attested w:1564, 1564, from compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from compartiri "to divide," from com- + part.
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