compartment
part of speech
noun (a compartment, compartments)
meaning for a pupil
1) A separate part or section inside a container, bag, car or box. tree →
2) A separate section of a railway carriage with its own seats and door. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life lunchboxes, pencil cases, bags and cars have compartments. On trains in the UK and Europe, older carriages have compartments. In science, cells and ships have compartments too. Phrases: "glove compartment", "freezer compartment", "secret compartment", "overhead compartment".
examples
- My pencil case has three compartments. tree →
- Put the map in the glove compartment. tree →
- The treasure was hidden in a secret compartment. tree →
- We had a train compartment all to ourselves. tree →
- Ice cream goes in the freezer compartment. tree →
- Put your bag in the overhead compartment on the plane. tree →
note
Countable: a compartment, compartments. Spelled with "-ment" at the end. Ships have watertight compartments so that one leak does not sink the whole ship.
Trees and pragmatics
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