English-German translations for compartment

• Abteil das
• Fach das
  Die Kühlgeräte haben heute nicht mehr nur ein einziges Fach. Today, refrigerators do not a have a single compartment.
• Postament das

Definition of compartment

• A room, or section, or chamber
• One of the parts into which an area is subdivided
• A mound beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand

Examples

• Two men were seated in a well-lighted compartment of a third-class railway carriage.

Related words

• compartmentalize
• compartmentalise
• compartmentalised
• compartmentalization
• compartmentalized
• compartmentalisation
• compartmentation
• compartmental
• decompartmentalise