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oven	a compartment that can be heated for baking or roasting food. A kitchen stove usually has an oven.
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 the rear of an automobile used to store items such as packages and tools. [1/6 definitions]
vault¹	a sturdy room or compartment used to store and protect valuable things. [1/3 definitions]

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