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# compartment

noun (a compartment, compartments)

«compartment» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A separate part or section inside a container, bag, car or box. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compartment/#m1)
2. A separate section of a railway carriage with its own seats and door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compartment/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life lunchboxes, pencil cases, bags and cars have compartments. On trains in the UK and Europe, older carriages have compartments. In science, cells and ships have compartments too. Phrases: "glove compartment", "freezer compartment", "secret compartment", "overhead compartment".

### Examples

- My pencil case has three compartments. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compartment/#x1)
- Put the map in the glove compartment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compartment/#x2)
- The treasure was hidden in a secret compartment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compartment/#x3)
- We had a train compartment all to ourselves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compartment/#x4)
- Ice cream goes in the freezer compartment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compartment/#x5)
- Put your bag in the overhead compartment on the plane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compartment/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a compartment, compartments. Spelled with "-ment" at the end. Ships have watertight compartments so that one leak does not sink the whole ship.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «compartment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compartment/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«compartment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/compartment.html) on Mova free.