Need another word that means the same as “compartment”? Find 29 synonyms and 30 related words for “compartment” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Compartment” are: section, part, partition, bay, recess, chamber, cavity, niche, nook, hollow, domain, field, sphere, realm, area, department, sector, division, divide, divide up, subdivide, separate, split, split up, cut up, carve up, slice up, break up, dismember
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “compartment” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| area | A region or part of a town, a country, or the world. The area of a rectangle. |
| bay | A horse of a moderate reddish-brown color. A boat trip round the bay. |
| cavity | A decayed part of a tooth. The abdominal cavity. |
| chamber | A deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly. The upper chamber. |
| department | A specified aspect or quality. The council s finance department. |
| division | Biology a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category. The new clause was agreed without a division. |
| domain | A distinct subset of the internet with addresses sharing a common suffix or under the control of a particular organization or individual. His domain extended into Europe. |
| field | A fielder. The diamond fields of South Africa. |
| hollow | A depression hollowed out of solid matter. A hollow at the base of a large tree. |
| niche | A shallow recess, especially one in a wall to display a statue or other ornament. He is carving out a niche for himself as one of the most talented and reliable character actors around. |
| nook | A sheltered and secluded place. The nook beside the fire. |
| part | A line of scalp revealed in a person s hair by combing the hair away in opposite directions on either side a parting. She was memorizing a part. |
| partition | The act of dividing or partitioning separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart. Partition chromatography. |
| realm | A domain in which something is dominant. The realm of applied chemistry. |
| recess | A small concavity. Talks resumed after a month s recess. |
| section | Any of the more or less distinct parts into which something is or may be divided or from which it is made up. The brass section. |
| sector | The minimum track length that can be assigned to store information unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes. Operations in the southern sector of the North Sea. |
| sphere | The apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected. The markers on the route included two conspicuous black spheres. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “compartment” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| break up | Become punctured or penetrated. |
| carve up | Form by carving. |
| cut up | Form by probing, penetrating, or digging. |
| dismember | Divide into pieces. The tiger dismembered the tourist. |
| divide | Make a division or separation. Can you divide 49 by seven. |
| divide up | Perform a division. |
| separate | Separate into parts or portions. The two pieces that we had glued separated. |
| slice up | Hit a ball so that it causes a backspin. |
| split | (of an issue) cause (a group) to be divided because of opposing views. The river had split into a number of channels. |
| split up | Go one’s own way; move apart. |
| subdivide | Form into subdivisions. The heading was subdivided into eight separate sections. |
| airliner | A large passenger aircraft. |
| ballast | Make steady with a ballast. The track was laid with rails and ballasted with earth. |
| bulkhead | A dividing wall or barrier between separate compartments inside a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle. |
| cupboard | A recess or piece of furniture with a door and typically shelves, used for storage. A broom cupboard. |
| debark | Leave a ship or aircraft. The ship would simply sail into the harbour dock and begin debarking troops. |
| deck | A floor of a double decker bus. He stood on the deck of his flagship. |
| defrost | Remove frost or ice from (the windscreen of a motor vehicle). Defrost the turkey slowly. |
| disembark | Go ashore. The passengers began to disembark. |
| disembarkation | The act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft. |
| dishwasher | A machine for washing dishes. |
| dock | Come into dock. Dock the ships. |
| embarkation | The act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft. |
| expeditionary | Of or forming an expedition, especially a military expedition. The French expeditionary force in Indochina. |
| freezer | Electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time. There are some steaks in the freezer. |
| fridge | A refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor. She put the carton of milk back in the fridge. |
| hull | Remove the hulls from. Hull the berries. |
| husk | Remove the husk or husks from. Husk corn. |
| jet | Fly a jet plane. Flames were jetting out of the building. |
| kettle | The quantity a kettle will hold. Activists in the kettle were protesting at being held and resisting arrest. |
| larder | A small storeroom for storing foods or wines. |
| pantry | A small storeroom for storing foods or wines. |
| passenger | A member of a team or group who does far less effective work than the other members. He had been a superlative teacher but his health was gone and he was now a passenger. |
| peel | Come off in flakes or thin small pieces. The walls are peeling. |
| refrigeration | The process of subjecting food or drink to cold in order to chill or preserve it. Refrigeration by immersing the patient s body in a cold bath. |
| refrigerator | An appliance or compartment which is artificially kept cool and used to store food and drink Modern refrigerators generally make use of the cooling effect produced when a volatile liquid is forced to evaporate in a sealed system in which it can be condensed back to liquid outside the refrigerator. |
| room | Provide with a shared room or lodging. He wandered from room to room. |
| sofa | An upholstered seat for more than one person. Sofa cushions. |
| station | A bus or coach station. The train pulled into the station. |
| terminal | Of or forming a transport terminal. An industry in terminal decline. |
| transport | The action of transporting something or the state of being transported. She was transported with pleasure. |
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