Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

compartment

[kuhm-pahrt-muhnt] / kəmˈpɑrt mənt /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Eukaryotes are organisms whose cells contain a nucleus, a specialized compartment that houses most of their genetic material.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

No-one in her compartment was hurt, she said, and "the train took people to Vydubychi station on the right bank, then it didn't go any further".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

In an otherwise empty compartment of a regional train on its way to a small town in Germany last month, a friendly passenger asked if I was headed to Halberstadt for “the note change.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

In Tesla's Model 3, for example, passengers must reach into a compartment inside the door pocket and find a release cable to manually open the rear door, according to the company's website.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

I was about to say something when I saw him open the glove compartment.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

"These kinds of self-organizing RNA compartments were possibly a step along the way to single-cell organisms," Banerjee says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Inside, TV screens replaced the overhead luggage compartments, and a strip of lights lined the carriages’ walls from front to back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Three interconnected catwalks stretch into the audience, carving the space into small compartments.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

Take, for example, the viral “snackle box,” which contains multiple compartments to hold everything from your favorite packaged snacks and candies to cut up fruit and vegetables.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

By the time the computers reached the end of the line, where they were packed into red-and-white Sayle Enterprises boxes, the compartments were completely invisible.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz


Vocabulary lists containing compartment

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training