partition
noun
1. a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
Similar word(s): divider
Definition categories: man–made, construction, structure
2. (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit
Definition categories: quantity
3. (anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism
Definition categories: body
4. the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
Similar word(s): division, partitioning, segmentation
Definition categories: act, separation
Sentences with partition as a noun:
- Monarchies where partition isn't prohibited risk weakening trough parcellation and civil wars between the heirs
- a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions