compartment

Noun
  1. A space into which an area is subdivided (synset 103084313)
    is a type of: space - an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)
    subtypes:
  2. A partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area (synset 103083745)
    is a type of: room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
    subtypes:
    • bay - a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose
    • bay - a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital
    • box - separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people
    • box, loge - private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance
    • cab - a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
    • cabin - the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried
    • cabin - small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
    • cabinet, locker, storage locker - a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
    • cable car, car - a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway
    • car, elevator car - where passengers ride up and down
    • car, gondola - the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant
    • cockpit - compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft
    • couchette - a compartment on a European passenger train; contains 4 to 6 berths for sleeping
    • drawing room - a private compartment on a sleeping car with three bunks and a toilet
    • glove compartment - compartment on the dashboard of a car
    • automobile trunk, boot, luggage compartment, trunk - compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
    • module - detachable compartment of a spacecraft
    • pilothouse, wheelhouse - an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated
    • roomette - a small private compartment for one on a sleeping car
    • stall - a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
    • well - an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps

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