Fr compartiment < It compartimento < compartire, compart
COBUILD Collocations
compartment
secret compartment
Examples of 'compartment' in a sentence
compartment
He opens the top drawer of the freezer compartment.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Their basic relationship goes into one emotional compartment and flings in another.
The Sun (2012)
Secret compartments and a false floor hid the biblical contraband.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
We were sat in a small compartment apparently reserved for northern businessmen and their secretaries.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The openings which lead from one compartment to the next will be the linking element.
Page, Russell The Education of a Gardener (1994)
US-style means having the fridge and freezer compartments side by side instead of the one section above the other.
The Sun (2013)
The car also has 22 handy storage compartments dotted around the cabin.
The Sun (2012)
When she said yes, he took a ring out of a secret compartment.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
They had been exploring the vessel in 2007 when they entered a small compartment through a hatch.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We are promised secret compartments.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I don't want any secret compartments or deep pockets either.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But I slept with my tapes in secret compartments.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He established himself in a corner of a first-class compartment, his back comfortably towards the engine.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He goes from one compartment to the next, to the next, to the next.
Christianity Today (2000)
That small room, just large enough to walk into, was almost a secret compartment.
Aldiss, Brian Somewhere East of Life (1994)
Boot space with the rear seats in place isn't brilliant, although there is a handy underfloor storage compartment.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The only other passengers in the first-class compartment were two security guards and a dozen paintings on loan from the Louvre.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
If there is extreme weather, they will drop a sea anchor, retire to airtight compartments and ride out the storm.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The big story this year is not how fast the gravy train keeps rolling, but who is occupying the first-class compartment.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Buckingham Palace is thought to have booked all dozen seats in the rear first-class compartment to ensure that the couple were undisturbed.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Same interior - except for the buttons to open and close the roof - and a couple fewer storage compartments behind the rear seats.
The Sun (2006)
In other languages
compartment
British English: compartment /kəmˈpɑːtmənt/ NOUN
A compartment is one of the separate sections of a railway carriage.
The fire started in the baggage compartment.
American English: compartment
Arabic: مَقْصُورَة
Brazilian Portuguese: compartimento
Chinese: 车厢
Croatian: odjeljak
Czech: kupé ve vlaku
Danish: kupé
Dutch: compartiment
European Spanish: compartimento
Finnish: osasto
French: compartiment
German: Abteil
Greek: διαμέρισμα
Italian: compartimento
Japanese: コンパートメント
Korean: 칸막이
Norwegian: seksjon
Polish: przedział
European Portuguese: compartimento
Romanian: compartiment
Russian: отделение
Latin American Spanish: compartimento
Swedish: avdelning
Thai: ห้องในรถไฟ
Turkish: kompartıman
Ukrainian: купе
Vietnamese: toa tàu hỏa
All related terms of 'compartment'
glove compartment
The glove compartment in a car is a small cupboard or shelf below the front windscreen .
secret compartment
A compartment is one of the separate parts of an object that is used for keeping things in.
flotation compartment
in a boat , an enclosed section filled with air or gas to give buoyancy
freezer compartment
in a refrigerator , an enclosed area kept at a temperature low enough to store frozen foods or freeze non-frozen foods
smoking compartment
a compartment of a train where smoking is permitted
closure by compartment
a device for cutting or trimming sheet material, such as paper or sheet metal, consisting of a blade inclined at a small angle that descends onto the sheet
frozen food compartment
a compartment of a refrigerator or fridge-freezer for the storage of frozen food
ice-making compartment
a part of a refrigerator in which ice is made
guillotine
A guillotine is a device used to execute people, especially in France in the past . A sharp blade was raised up on a frame and dropped onto the person's neck .
Chinese translation of 'compartment'
compartment
(kəmˈpɑːtmənt)
n(c)
(Rail) 隔间(間) (géjiān) (个(個), gè)
[of wallet, fridge etc]格 (gé)
1 (noun)
Definition
one of the sections into which a railway carriage is sometimes divided
We shared our compartment with a group of students.
Synonyms
section
carriage
berth
2 (noun)
Definition
a small storage space
I put the ice cream in the freezer compartment of the fridge.
Synonyms
bay
Hundreds of rolls of fabric were stacked in the loading bay.
chamber
The incinerator works by focusing the sun's rays onto a cylindrical glass chamber.
booth
In Darlington, queues form at some polling booths.
locker
The stolen items were found in his locker at work.
niche
cubicle
alcove
There were bookshelves in the alcove beside the fire.
pigeonhole
There was a message waiting for me in the hotel pigeonhole.
cubbyhole
He fetched an official form from his cubbyhole.
cell
They took her back to the cell, and just left her there.
carrel
3 (noun)
Definition
a separate section
We usually put the mind, the body and the spirit into three separate compartments.
Synonyms
category
The entries were organised into six different categories.
area
She was involved in every area of the project.
department
He worked in the sales department.
division
Each was divided into several divisions.
section
a geological section of a rock
subdivision
Additional synonyms
in the sense of alcove
Definition
a recess in the wall of a room
There were bookshelves in the alcove beside the fire.
Synonyms
recess,
corner,
bay,
niche,
bower,
compartment,
cubicle,
nook,
cubbyhole
in the sense of area
Definition
a subject field
She was involved in every area of the project.
Synonyms
realm,
part,
department (informal),
field,
province,
arena,
sphere,
domain
in the sense of booth
Definition
a small partially enclosed cubicle
In Darlington, queues form at some polling booths.