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