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Examples of compartment in a Sentence
The suitcase has a zippered compartment for personal items.
The refrigerator has a separate compartment for meats.
Recent Examples of compartment from the Web
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The wardens were able to assist in retrieving the vehicle from the river and subsequently discovered 415 pounds of marijuana located in the back seat and rear compartments.
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Cargo space is a best-in-class 98.2 cubic feet, with an additional storage compartment under the cargo floor.
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Pictured is a Chippendale figured maple slant front desk featuring a secret compartment.
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After all, a few feet to the right and the driver's compartment with Cullen in it would have taken the hit from the moving car, not the engine.
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The bodies of the 10 sailors who died in the crash were found by divers inside flooded compartments.
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Pretty much anyone expected to play Sunday against the Saints got his own sleeping compartment on the nonstop Virgin Atlantic flight from Fort Lauderdale.
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With the restyling, the passenger compartment is larger and more comfortable.
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That explains why the two men spent the bulk of their time figuring out how to create a watertight seal for the jetpack's battery compartment, which contained powerful lithium batteries.
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Definition of compartment
Examples of compartment in a Sentence
compartment the responses according to country of origin
Recent Examples of compartment from the Web
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Sharing highly compartmented, classified information with Russians is a theatrical distraction from the greater good of polluting streams, enabling predatory financial practices, cutting taxes, and taking people’s health care away.
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First Known Use of compartment
1918
compartment Synonyms
Synonyms
assort, break down, categorize, class, classify, codify, 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;
cull, screen, set, sieve, sift, winnow;
COMPARTMENT Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of compartment for English Language Learners
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: an enclosed space or area that is usually part of something larger and is often used to hold a specific thing
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: one of the separate areas of an automobile, train, or airplane
COMPARTMENT Defined for Kids
Definition of compartment for Students
- The suitcase has compartments for personal items.
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