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Compartment

One of the parts into which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions, or lines; as, the compartments of a cabinet, a house, or a garden.

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Bay 76% connected

Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses.

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Boot 76% connected

Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.

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Box 76% connected

A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B.…

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Cab 76% connected

A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle.

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Cabin 76% connected

A cottage or small house; a hut.

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Cabinet 76% connected

A hut; a cottage; a small house.

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Car 76% connected

A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.

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Cell 76% connected

A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.

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Cockpit 76% connected

A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights.

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Cubbyhole 76% connected

A snug or confined place.

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Gondola 76% connected

A long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used in the canals of Venice. A gondola is usually propelled by one or two oarsmen who stand facing t…

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Locker 76% connected

One who, or that which, locks.

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Loge 76% connected

A lodge; a habitation.

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Module 76% connected

A model or measure.

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Pigeonhole 76% connected

A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartm…

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Stall 76% connected

A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for on…

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Trunk 76% connected

The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.

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Well 76% connected

An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.

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Wheelhouse 76% connected

A small house on or above a vessel's deck, containing the steering wheel.

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Room 76% connected

Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a ho…

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Space 76% connected

Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible.

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