compartment

noun

portion of the space within a ship
portion of space where items can be stored, separated from other compartments

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kəmˈpɑɹtmənt/ / /kəmˈpɑːtmənt/

noun

Etymology: 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 First attested 1564, from Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from Late Latin compartiri (“to divide with, to share with”), from com- + partiri (“to apportion, to divide, to share”).

A room, or section, or chamber, typically within a vehicle.
“Two men were seated in a well-lit compartment of a third-class railway carriage.”
“This is a second-class ticket. And you're sitting in the first class!” “I'd no idea,” Haldiram said. “I didn't know what compartment was this.” And looking around, he asked, “Where does it say First Class? I still can't see it.”
One of the parts into which an area is subdivided.
The part of a protein that serves a specific function.
A mound (often of grass), shelf (of e.g. wall) or other thing beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.
A region in the body, delimited by a biological membrane.

verb

To arrange in separate compartments.