Topic: TRANSPORT
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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | compartiment, from Italian, from compartire 'to mark out into parts' |
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com‧part‧ment
[countable]
[countable]1TD a smaller enclosed space inside something larger : 
She kept the money hidden in a secret compartment in her briefcase.
She kept the money hidden in a secret compartment in her briefcase.2TT one of the separate areas into which a plane, ship, or train is divided :
