copartment

Noun

compartment (plural compartments)

1. 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.
2. One of the parts into which an area is subdivided.
3. The part of a protein that serves a specific function.
4. 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.
5. A region in the body, delimited by a biological membrane.

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