Synonyms for compartment

Most common

bay · partition

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Noun

Definitions

1. n. 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.

Related words

Word family

compartmental compartmentize compartmentless

Phrases

glove compartment smoking compartment driver's compartment engine compartment

Forms

Plural

compartments → rooms, bays, spaces, sections…

Example sentences

• bay A large number of boats lay at anchor in the bay.
• partition Can a body, hand, or finger enter the safety partition?

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

bay¹

4 letters

room¹

5 letters

space¹, stall¹

7 letters

section²

8 letters

division³

9 letters

partition³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (section² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

compartiment

Italiano

scomparto

Español

compartimiento

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