partition
noun/pɑːˈtɪʃn/
/pɑːrˈtɪʃn/
- [countable] a wall or screen that separates one part of a room from another
- The cafe was divided up by glass partitions.
- I could hear him snoring through the thin partition walls.
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesc2- There were no partitions between the showers.
- The family had to smash through a glass partition to escape the fire.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- movable
- sliding
- folding
- …
- build
- create
- erect
- …
- divide something
- divide something up
- separate something
- …
- wall
- partition between
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- [uncountable] the division of one country into two or more countries
- the partition of Germany after the war
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin partitio(n-), from partiri ‘divide into parts’.
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