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adj
Divided into compartments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: compartmentalized, partitioned
Antonyms: uncompartmented, uncompartmentalized, compartmentless, unpartitioned, partitionless, dividerless, decompartmentalized
adj
Having (a specified type of) compartments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
divided up or separated into compartments or isolated units- John Mason Brown
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: uncompartmented
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *perh3-der.? Proto-Italic *partis Latin pars Latin partiō Latin partior Latin compartīrībor. Italian compartire Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Italian -mento Italian compartimentobor. Middle French compartimentder. English compartment English -ed English compartmented From compartment + -ed.
Across languages
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