- (n.) One of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight bulkheads.
- (n.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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