separate compartment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofseparateandcompartment
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separate
adjective
uk/ˈsep.ər.ət/us/ˈsep.ɚ.ət/
existing or happening independently or in a different ...
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compartment
noun[C]
uk/kəmˈpɑːt.mənt/us/kəmˈpɑːrt.mənt/
one of the separate areas inside a vehicle, especially ...
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(Definition ofseparateandcompartmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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They cannot be put in aseparatecompartment.
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Rats were housed in aseparatecompartment(along with containers of food and water) that was attached on the inside to the back of each trap.
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Foreign policy is no longer, if it ever has been, aseparatecompartment.
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If that is their desire, why propose to put infant welfare into aseparatecompartment?
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They do not look at a series of separate individual businesses, each in aseparatecompartment.
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Each seed is encapsulated in aseparatecompartment.
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It is not always completely understood that the maritime element is not aseparatecompartmentof defence policy.
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I, too, think that sometimes our great financiers have imagined that they were in aseparatecompartmentfrom industry.
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I do not believe we can get this nice tidy system whereby everything is in aseparatecompartment.
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If a soldier has to be taken handcuffed, could he not be taken in aseparatecompartment?
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But, equally, it seems to me absurd that theatre censorship should now be in a completelyseparatecompartment.
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We regard our faith as part and parcel of the everyday life of the individual, not as something in aseparatecompartment.
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It was therefore proposed, and accepted, that the fuel store should be aseparatecompartmentin the ordinary out-building with its own door.
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They should put those names into aseparatecompartment, as it were, and six months later should issue a special list bearing those names.
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Strictly speaking, the reference electrode does not require aseparatecompartment.
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Pieces of lead were put into clay pots which had aseparatecompartmentfilled with vinegar.
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The driver and radio operator were in aseparatecompartmentat the front.
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It will be digitally controlled by a crewmember located in aseparatecompartment.
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It performs its hydraulic movement without fluid in aseparatecompartment, as in a hydrostatic skeleton.
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The terminology suggests a new breed of person who will deal with conveyancing as if it were aseparatecompartmentof the law, apart from all others.
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This is very important because, as the consultative paper makes clear, preparation for adult and working life is not achieved through aseparatecompartmentin the school timetable.
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A parcel locker for receipt of packages and aseparatecompartmentfor outgoing mail are usually built into the station.
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Instead, aseparatecompartmentunderneath the water storage area in the kettle was used to house the electric heating element.
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The body cavity has aseparatecompartmentin each of the first three regions of the body, and extends into the tentacles.
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