compartment: Meaning and Definition of

com•part•ment

1. a part or space marked or partitioned off.
2. a separate room, section, etc.: a baggage compartment.
3. a private bedroom with toilet facilities.
4. a separate aspect, function, or the like: the compartments of the human mind.
5. a distinct major division of a design.
6. a decorative base, as a grassy mound, on which the supporters of an escutcheon stand or rest.

1. to divide into compartments.