compartment

²com·part·ment

verb \-ˌment, -mənt\

Definition of COMPARTMENT

transitive verb

: compartmentalize

Examples of COMPARTMENT

1. <compartment the responses according to country of origin>

First Known Use of COMPARTMENT

1918

Related to COMPARTMENT

Synonyms: assort, break down, categorize, class, codify, classify, compartmentalize, digest, distinguish, distribute, grade, group, peg, place, range, rank, relegate, separate, sort, type

Related Words: array, dispose, draw up, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, systematize; alphabetize, catalog (or catalogue), file, index, list, refer; pigeonhole, shelve; identify, recognize; cull, screen, set, sieve, sift, winnow; clump, cluster, colligate; recategorize, reclassify, regroup; subcategorize

Near Antonyms: confuse, disarrange, jumble, lump, mix (up), scramble; misclassify, missort, mistype

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Rhymes with COMPARTMENT

accident, aliment, Blaenau Gwent, circumvent, complement, compliment, confident, devilment, diffident, discontent, document, evident, heaven-sent, implement, incident, instrument, Jack-a-Lent, malcontent, nonevent, Occident, ornament, orient, provident, regiment, reinvent, represent, re-present, resident, Saint-Laurent, sediment, self-content, subsequent, supplement