English-Spanish translations for compartment

• compartimiento
  Referirse a ella en términos bíblicos no resulta útil, pues sigue dividiendo en compartimientos los diversos argumentos. Referring to it in biblical terms does not help because it continues to put the various arguments into compartments.
  Pido que se instale en todos los automóviles de Europa un sistema de extinción de incendios obligatorio en el compartimiento del motor. I am calling for all cars in Europe to be fitted with a mandatory fire extinguishing system in the engine compartment.
  Aquí se ha mencionado el carácter colegiado de la Comisión; pero la sensación es que se trabaja un poco demasiado en compartimientos estancos. Mention has been made here of the collegiate nature of the Commission; yet one does get the feeling that it works rather too much in separate compartments.
• terraza

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