compartment
/kəmˈpɑɹtmənt/ verb C2- To arrange in separate compartments.
He/she/it compartments · Past compartmented · Past participle compartmented · -ing form compartmenting
Verb forms
- Base form
- compartment
- He/she/it
- compartments
- Past
- compartmented
- Past participle
- compartmented
- -ing form
- compartmenting
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“We will suppose that he was travelling back to Woolwich when he was killed and thrown out of the compartment.”
A dog-eared atlas in the glove compartment often bears the faded pencil marks and coffee stains of countless past adventures.
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