different between compartment vs dovecote

English

Etymology

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”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?m?p??tm?nt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?m?p??tm?nt/
• Hyphenation: com?part?ment

Noun

compartment (plural compartments)

1. A room, or section, or chamber

   Two men were seated in a well-lighted compartment of a third-class railway carriage.

2. One of the parts into which an area is subdivided.
3. (biochemistry) Part of a protein that serves a specific function.
4. (heraldry) A mound (often of grass) beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.
5. (anatomy) A region in the body, delimited by a biological membrane.

Derived terms

• engine compartment

Translations

Verb

compartment (third-person singular simple present compartments, present participle compartmenting, simple past and past participle compartmented)

1. (transitive) To arrange in separate compartments.

English

Alternative forms

• dovecot

Etymology

Compound of dove +? cote.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?v.k?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?v.k?t/

Noun

dovecote (plural dovecotes)

1. A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.

   Synonyms: columbarium, (Scotland) doocot, dovehouse
2. (historical) In medieval Europe, a round or square structure of stone or wood, free-standing or built into a tower, in which pigeons were kept.

Related terms

• flutter in the dovecote
• dove

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