Compartment
noun
A separate area within a larger structure.
The travel bag has a compartment for shoes.
Often appears as...
- upper compartment
- secret compartment
noun
A private area on a train with seating for a fixed number of people.
We booked a first class compartment for our journey.
Often appears as...
- train compartment
- first-class compartment
noun
A part of an organism separate from others by walls or partitions.
The cell is divided into several compartments.
Often appears as...
- cell compartment
- fluid compartment
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A separate area within a larger structure.
The travel bag has a compartment for shoes.
Often appears as...
- upper compartment
- secret compartment
noun
A private area on a train with seating for a fixed number of people.
We booked a first class compartment for our journey.
Often appears as...
- train compartment
- first-class compartment
noun
A part of an organism separate from others by walls or partitions.
The cell is divided into several compartments.
Often appears as...
- cell compartment
- fluid compartment
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Spaces
Compartment refers to physical areas that are enclosed or divided.
The desk drawer had a compartment for pens.
Pro Tip 2/3Functional Uses
Each compartment usually has a specific purpose or function.
Her suitcase has a separate compartment just for toiletries.
Pro Tip 3/3Hidden Aspects
Compartment can imply something is hidden or not immediately obvious.
The old desk has a secret compartment for valuable documents.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Spaces
Compartment refers to physical areas that are enclosed or divided.
The desk drawer had a compartment for pens.
Pro Tip 2/3Functional Uses
Each compartment usually has a specific purpose or function.
Her suitcase has a separate compartment just for toiletries.
Pro Tip 3/3Hidden Aspects
Compartment can imply something is hidden or not immediately obvious.
The old desk has a secret compartment for valuable documents.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Spaces
Compartment refers to physical areas that are enclosed or divided.
The desk drawer had a compartment for pens.
Pro Tip 2/3Functional Uses
Each compartment usually has a specific purpose or function.
Her suitcase has a separate compartment just for toiletries.
Pro Tip 3/3Hidden Aspects
Compartment can imply something is hidden or not immediately obvious.
The old desk has a secret compartment for valuable documents.
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Video examples
Under the hood: The...
before returning to the hot engine compartment. So, an effective and safe engine coolant must have a high specific heat, a low freezing point, and a high boiling point. But instead of searching all over the world for the perfect liquid to solve our problem, we can create our own solution.
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Building the impossible:...
bombs were dropped on the ocean floor, creating openings for pouring concrete. A seawall was built to protect the site from powerful currents, and workers operated in 20-minute shifts between tides. The towers had so many compartments that each worker carried a set of plans
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Plants Dying Actually...
compartment called the chloroplast and every cell is full of this the chloroplasts have pigments that absorb sunlight the pigments can't absorb all light so plants have specialized mostly on red and blue while neglecting green this means they absorb almost all life
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Inés Hercovich: Why...
But he told me to relax, that he liked me, and that nothing would happen unless I wanted it to. He was nice. I didn't say anything, because I was afraid he would get angry, and that things would get worse. I thought he might have a gun in the glove compartment.
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Why domestic violence...
he bought three guns. He kept one in the glove compartment of our car. He kept one under the pillows on our bed, and the third one he kept in his pocket at all times. And he said that he needed those guns because of the trauma he'd experienced as a young boy.
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See how the rest of the...
So, observe the they have all their cutlery in a green plastic box. and they have a few different types and some of them are plastic, while the Howards, they have this wooden drawer with small wooden compartments in it and a section for each type of cutlery.
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The unexpected benefit...
was whether we could guide the balloons through the sky, one of our most important experiments was putting a balloon inside a balloon. So there are two compartments here, one with air and then one with helium. The balloon pumps air in to make itself heavier,
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Bastian Schaefer: A...
because structure is one of the key issues in aircraft design. So let's compare the old world with the new world. I just want to show you here what we are doing today. So this is a bracket of an A380 crew rest compartment. It takes a lot of weight,
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Titanic 101 PIPE National...
into the few lifeboats on board. In addition to the shortage of lifeboats, some of the ones used were not being filled to capacity stranding even more people on the sinking ship. For the next two hours, the front compartments
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Inside the Doomsday...
computer boards and electrical circuitry so much of the aircraft including the cockpit windshield is designed to protect against EMP the compartment furthest forward on the
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Under the hood: The...
before returning to the hot engine compartment. So, an effective and safe engine coolant must have a high specific heat, a low freezing point, and a high boiling point. But instead of searching all over the world for the perfect liquid to solve our problem, we can create our own solution.
Video examples
Building the impossible:...
bombs were dropped on the ocean floor, creating openings for pouring concrete. A seawall was built to protect the site from powerful currents, and workers operated in 20-minute shifts between tides. The towers had so many compartments that each worker carried a set of plans
Video examples
Plants Dying Actually...
compartment called the chloroplast and every cell is full of this the chloroplasts have pigments that absorb sunlight the pigments can't absorb all light so plants have specialized mostly on red and blue while neglecting green this means they absorb almost all life
Video examples
Inés Hercovich: Why...
But he told me to relax, that he liked me, and that nothing would happen unless I wanted it to. He was nice. I didn't say anything, because I was afraid he would get angry, and that things would get worse. I thought he might have a gun in the glove compartment.
Video examples
Why domestic violence...
he bought three guns. He kept one in the glove compartment of our car. He kept one under the pillows on our bed, and the third one he kept in his pocket at all times. And he said that he needed those guns because of the trauma he'd experienced as a young boy.
Video examples
See how the rest of the...
So, observe the they have all their cutlery in a green plastic box. and they have a few different types and some of them are plastic, while the Howards, they have this wooden drawer with small wooden compartments in it and a section for each type of cutlery.
Video examples
The unexpected benefit...
was whether we could guide the balloons through the sky, one of our most important experiments was putting a balloon inside a balloon. So there are two compartments here, one with air and then one with helium. The balloon pumps air in to make itself heavier,
Video examples
Bastian Schaefer: A...
because structure is one of the key issues in aircraft design. So let's compare the old world with the new world. I just want to show you here what we are doing today. So this is a bracket of an A380 crew rest compartment. It takes a lot of weight,
Video examples
Titanic 101 PIPE National...
into the few lifeboats on board. In addition to the shortage of lifeboats, some of the ones used were not being filled to capacity stranding even more people on the sinking ship. For the next two hours, the front compartments
Video examples
Inside the Doomsday...
computer boards and electrical circuitry so much of the aircraft including the cockpit windshield is designed to protect against EMP the compartment furthest forward on the
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Quote examples
Silvio Santos
Brazilian Businessman
I don't throw money away. First class tickets are very expensive. Why should I fly first class if I can fly business, which is the same thing? I would only fly first class if the ticket included access to some sort of special compartment that could save me if there was any crash.
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George Clooney
American Actor
The loneliest you will get is in the most public of arenas: You will go to a place and end up in the smallest compartment possible, because it's a distraction to everybody, and you end up not getting to enjoy it like everyone else.
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Neve McIntosh
Scottish Actress
I used to have a lovely wallet with lots of different compartments where I kept photographs of my grandmother, grandfather and friends. It was stolen one night when I was out in Edinburgh, and I never got it back.
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Mark Parker
American Businessman
Eventually, I developed compartment syndrome in my calf and had to get surgery. I run three to five days a week now, mixed in with walking and other things. I want to run just because I enjoy it.
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Marc Platt
American Producer
My personal challenge is always balance. My life has a lot of compartments to it, and I care about each of them deeply. So I wake up each day thinking, 'How am I going to balance today?
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Sally Ride
American Astronaut
Some astronauts sleep in sort of beds - compartments that you can open up and crawl into and then close up, almost like a little bedroom.
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Jonathan Glazer
English Director
I don't feel as though I've graduated from commercials or music videos. In my mind, they aren't compartmentalised.
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Jen Sincero
American Author
Sexuality has become much more fluid, and you no longer have to be locked up into a convenient compartment.
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Bob Saget
American Actor
I have nine compartments in my brain, and four of them don't stop.
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Harold Pinter
English Dramatist
One's life has many compartments.
Quote examples
Silvio Santos
Brazilian Businessman
I don't throw money away. First class tickets are very expensive. Why should I fly first class if I can fly business, which is the same thing? I would only fly first class if the ticket included access to some sort of special compartment that could save me if there was any crash.
Quote examples
George Clooney
American Actor
The loneliest you will get is in the most public of arenas: You will go to a place and end up in the smallest compartment possible, because it's a distraction to everybody, and you end up not getting to enjoy it like everyone else.
Quote examples
Neve McIntosh
Scottish Actress
I used to have a lovely wallet with lots of different compartments where I kept photographs of my grandmother, grandfather and friends. It was stolen one night when I was out in Edinburgh, and I never got it back.
Quote examples
Mark Parker
American Businessman
Eventually, I developed compartment syndrome in my calf and had to get surgery. I run three to five days a week now, mixed in with walking and other things. I want to run just because I enjoy it.
Quote examples
Marc Platt
American Producer
My personal challenge is always balance. My life has a lot of compartments to it, and I care about each of them deeply. So I wake up each day thinking, 'How am I going to balance today?
Quote examples
Sally Ride
American Astronaut
Some astronauts sleep in sort of beds - compartments that you can open up and crawl into and then close up, almost like a little bedroom.
Quote examples
Jonathan Glazer
English Director
I don't feel as though I've graduated from commercials or music videos. In my mind, they aren't compartmentalised.
Quote examples
Jen Sincero
American Author
Sexuality has become much more fluid, and you no longer have to be locked up into a convenient compartment.
Quote examples
Bob Saget
American Actor
I have nine compartments in my brain, and four of them don't stop.
Quote examples
Harold Pinter
English Dramatist
One's life has many compartments.
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