<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>a part or space marked or partitioned off.</li><li>a separate room, section, etc.: a baggage compartment.</li><li>a private bedroom with toilet facilities.</li><li>a separate aspect, function, or the like: the compartments of the human mind.</li><li>a distinct major division of a design.</li><li>a decorative base, as a grassy mound, on which the supporters of an escutcheon stand or rest.</li></ul><p><strong>verb</strong></p><ul><li>to divide into compartments.</li></ul>