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compartment

The correct spelling is compartment.

How to pronounce compartment

noun

IPA: /kəmˈpɑː(ɹ)tmənt/

Say it like: Com-par-tme-nt

The correct spelling is compartment. A room, or section, or chamber For example: "Two men were seated in a well-lighted compartment of a third-class railway carriage."

Usage Examples

Two men were seated in a well-lighted compartment of a third-class railway carriage.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A room, or section, or chamber
  2. 2.One of the parts into which an area is subdivided.
  3. 3.Part of a protein that serves a specific function.
  4. 4.A mound (often of grass) beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.
  5. 5.A region in the body, delimited by a biological membrane.

verb

  1. 1.To arrange in separate compartments.

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