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passenger compartment

passenger compartment noun: the part of a road vehicle partitioned from the engine compartment, trunk or boot, etc., designed to hold the passengers and usually the driver; but in limousines and some taxis, buses and goods vehicles, the driver is separated in a cab or driver's compartment.

Noun

passenger compartment (plural passenger compartments)

  1. The part of a road vehicle partitioned from the engine compartment, trunk or boot, etc., designed to hold the passengers and usually the driver; but in limousines and some taxis, buses and goods vehicles, the driver is separated in a cab or driver's compartment.

Forms of passenger compartment

pluralpassenger compartments

Origin of passenger compartment

From passenger + compartment.

Questions about passenger compartment

What does passenger compartment mean?
Passenger compartment means the part of a road vehicle partitioned from the engine compartment, trunk or boot, etc., designed to hold the passengers and usually the driver; but in limousines and some taxis, buses and goods vehicles, the driver is separated in a cab or driver's compartment.
What part of speech is passenger compartment?
Passenger compartment is a noun.
What is the plural of passenger compartment?
The plural of passenger compartment is passenger compartments.

Words near passenger compartment in the dictionary

  1. passen
  2. Passendale
  3. passenger
  4. passenger car
  5. passenger cars
  6. passenger compartment
  7. passenger compartments
  8. passenger dedicated line
  9. passenger dedicated lines
  10. passenger kilometer
  11. passenger kilometers

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