COMPARTMENTED

compartmented

(adjective) divided up or separated into compartments or isolated units; “a compartmented box”; “the protected and compartmented society of Beacon Hill”- John Mason Brown

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

compartmented (comparative more compartmented, superlative most compartmented)

Divided into compartments.

Having (a specified type of) compartments.

Source: Wiktionary


COMPARTMENT

Com*part"ment, n. Etym: [F. compartiment, OF. compartir to divide. See Compart.]

1. One of the parts into which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions, or lines; as, the compartments of a cabinet, a house, or a garden. In the midst was placed a large compartment composed of grotesque work. Carew.

2. (Shipbuilding)

Definition: One of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight bulkheads.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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