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| oven |
a compartment, as in a stove, that can be heated for baking or roasting food or the like. |
| pew |
a seating compartment in a church. [1/2 definitions] |
| roomette |
a small private sleeping compartment on a train. |
| rumble |
a rear seat or compartment in a carriage, for servants or baggage. [1/8 definitions] |
| smack3 |
a fishing boat with a sloop rig and a compartment for carrying the fish alive. |
| stall1 |
any small enclosed area; compartment. [1/13 definitions] |
| stroma |
in botany, the fluid inside the main compartment of the chloroplast where the light-independent reactions of photosynthesis occur. [1/3 definitions] |
| tonneau |
the enclosed rear seating compartment in an early model of automobile, or the entire body of such a model. [2 definitions] |
| trunk |
a large compartment in an automobile, usu. in the rear, for storing items such as luggage, parcels, and tools. [1/10 definitions] |
| vault1 |
a strongly built room or compartment in which valuable things are stored, as in a bank. [1/7 definitions] |
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