com|part|ment

com|part|ment
com|part|ment «kuhm PAHRT muhnt», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a separate division set off in any enclosed space by walls or partitions. A ship's hold is often built in watertight compartments so that a leak will fill up only one compartment and not the whole ship. »

Your pencil box has several compartments for holding different things.

2. U.S. a private room in a Pullman car with sleeping accommodations.
3. Architecture. a section of a design that is divided into regular parts, such as one panel of a paneled wall.
4. any part, division, or section, as of a plant or animal or the mind: »

Figurative. She relegated the experience to that compartment she reserved for unpleasant memories.

–v.t.
to separate into compartments; compartmentalize: »

Figurative. The Sunday Mirror…can be expected to back Labour…The News of the World and the People are…less easy to compartment (Punch).

╂[< French compartiment < Italian compartimento < compartire divide < Late Latin compartīrī < Latin com- with + partīrī to share < pars, partis a portion]

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  • com|part|ment|iz|er car — «kom PAHRT muhn TY zuhr», a boxcar fitted with several rooms or compartments for less than carload shipments …   Useful english dictionary

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  • com — com·bas·sou; com·bat·ive; com·bat·ive·ly; com·bat·ive·ness; com·ba·tiv·i·ty; com·bin·abil·i·ty; com·bin·able; com·bi·na·tion·al; com·bi·na·tion·al·ism; com·bi·na·tive; com·bi·na·to·ry; com·bined; com·bine·ment; com·bin·er; com·bi·net; com·bite;… …   English syllables

  • part — bo·na·part·ism; com·part; com·part·men·tal; com·part·men·tal·i·za·tion; com·part·men·tal·ize; com·part·men·ta·tion; com·part·ment·ize; co·part; co·part·nery; de·part·men·tal; de·part·men·tal·ism; de·part·men·tal·i·za·tion; de·part·men·tal·ize;… …   English syllables

  • ment — abate·ment; al·i·ment; ap·prove·ment; aug·ment; ce·ment; com·ment; com·part·ment; com·ple·ment; com·pli·ment; con·sign·ment; de·ment; de·part·ment; dis·place·ment; doc·u·ment; el·e·ment; en·ti·tle·ment; en·vi·ron·ment; es·tab·lish·ment;… …   English syllables

  • part — 1. (par ; l Académie dit que le t se prononce ; c est une erreur ; ceux qui usent de ce mot, les légistes et les médecins, ne prononcent pas le t) s. m. 1°   Terme de jurisprudence. L enfant dont une femme vient d accoucher.    Exposition de part …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • com´ment|er — com|ment «KOM ehnt», noun, verb. –n. 1. a note or remark that explains, praises, or finds fault with a book or other literary work, a person, a concert, or a thing: »The teacher wrote many helpful comments on the pages of the compositions he read …   Useful english dictionary

  • com|ment — «KOM ehnt», noun, verb. –n. 1. a note or remark that explains, praises, or finds fault with a book or other literary work, a person, a concert, or a thing: »The teacher wrote many helpful comments on the pages of the compositions he read.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • ac|com|pa|ni|ment — «uh KUHM puh nih muhnt», noun. 1. anything that goes along with something else; something added: »Cranberry sauce is a usual accompaniment to turkey. The rain was an unpleasant accompaniment to our ride. SYNONYM(S): concomitant, appendage. 2.… …   Useful english dictionary

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