compartment
/kəmˈpɑɹtmənt/ sustantivo B2En español: compartimiento, compartimento, terraza
- A room, or section, or chamber, typically within a vehicle. · Two men were seated in a well-lit compartment of a third-class railway carriage.
- One of the parts into which an area is subdivided.
- The part of a protein that serves a specific function.
- A mound (often of grass), shelf (of e.g. wall) or other thing beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.
- A region in the body, delimited by a biological membrane.
Plural compartments
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“We will suppose that he was travelling back to Woolwich when he was killed and thrown out of the compartment.”
Three compartments divided the coffer.
Early on the following morning he commenced the removal of his riches, and ere nightfall the whole of his immense wealth was safely deposited in the compartments of the secret locker.
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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