compartment

Syllables: com·part·ment/kəmˈpɑːtmənt/US/kəmˈpɑɹtmənt/

compartment noun: a room, or section, or chamber, typically within a vehicle.

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Noun

compartment (plural compartments)

A room, or section, or chamber, typically within a vehicle.
- Two men were seated in a well-lit compartment of a third-class railway carriage.
- This is a second-class ticket. And you're sitting in the first class!” “I'd no idea,” Haldiram said. “I didn't know what compartment was this.” And looking around, he asked, “Where does it say First Class? I still can't see it.2014 April 28, Dr. Ulhas R. Gunjal, Home, Again!: A Novel of Identity, Self-Discovery, and Tragedy, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 313
One of the parts into which an area is subdivided.
The part of a protein that serves a specific function.
A mound (often of grass), shelf (of e.g. wall) or other thing beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.
A region in the body, delimited by a biological membrane.

Verb

compartment (third-person singular simple present compartments, present participle compartmenting, simple past and past participle compartmented)

(transitive) To arrange in separate compartments.

compartment meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

compartment in Tamil

அறை, பிரிவு, பகுதி, தனிஅறை, பிரிவறை, பெட்டி

compartment in Urdu

compartment: کمرہ kamra
compartment, drawer: خانہ xāna

compartment in Telugu

compartment: గది gadi

More languagesFewer languages

compartment in Malayalam: അറ aṟa
compartment in Kannada: ಕಕ್ಷೆ, ಖಾನೆ, ಅಂಕಣ, ಅರೆ
compartment in Sanskrit: भाग bhāgá, भाण्ड bhāṇḍa
compartment in Assamese: কুঠৰী kuthori
compartment in Nepali: खाना khānā
compartment in Arabic: مَقْصُورَة maqṣūra
compartment in Persian: کوپه kupe

Examples of compartment in a sentence

Passenger safety is further enhanced by the crushproof compartment around the passenger area.
We saw the internal compartments of the machine.
The cataracts on the Nile helped to compartment Upper Egypt.

All 40 example sentences with compartment

Forms of compartment

Noun
plural	compartments
Verb
third-person singular present	compartments
present participle	compartmenting
past participle	compartmented
past	compartmented

Plural of compartment: compartments

Origin of compartment

First attested 1564, from Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from Late Latin compartiri (“to divide with, to share with”), from com- + partiri (“to apportion, to divide, to share”).

Phrases with compartment

compartment syndromes

Questions about compartment

What does compartment mean?: Compartment means a room, or section, or chamber, typically within a vehicle.
What is compartment in Hindi?: Compartment in Hindi is डिब्बा (ḍibbā). See Compartment meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is compartment?: Compartment can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce compartment?: Compartment is pronounced /kəmˈpɑɹtmənt/ (US).
What is the plural of compartment?: The plural of compartment is compartments.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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