Word Meanings - PARTITION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The servance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate. It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law. (more info) 1. The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; separation; division;

Additional info about word: PARTITION

The servance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate. It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law. (more info) 1. The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; separation; division; distribution; as, the partition of a kingdom. And good from bad find no partition. Shak. 2. That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; separating boundary; dividing line or space; specifically, an interior wall dividing one part or apartment of a house, an inclosure, or the like, from another; as, a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions. No sight could pass Betwixt the nice partitions of the grass. Dryden. 3. A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment. "Lodged in a small partition." Milton.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PARTITION)

• Analysis
• Dissection
• separation
• anatomy
• segregation
• decomposition
• resolution
• partition
• Compartment
• Division
• allotment
• sphere
• space
• Rupture
• Breaking
• bursting
• tearing
• laceration
• disruption
• breach
• dissolution
• fracture
• break
• severance
• disseverance
• discerption
• disorganization
• dilaceration
• dismemberment

Related words: (words related to PARTITION)

• TEAR
  A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct
• BREAKMAN
  See BRAKEMAN
• BURSTEN
  p. p. of Burst, v. i.
• BURST
  berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing. bærst, imp. pl. burston, p.p. borsten); akin to D. bersten, G. bersten, OHG. brestan, OS. brestan, 1. To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden
• BREAKABLE
  Capable of being broken.
• DIVISIONARY
  Divisional.
• RESOLUTIONER
  One who makes a resolution; one who joins with others in a declaration or resolution; specifically, one of a party in the Scottish Church in the 17th century. He was sequestrated afterwards as a Resolutioner. Sir W. Scott.
• DIVISIONALLY
  So as to be divisional.
• SPACE
  One of the intervals, or open places, between the lines of the staff. Absolute space, Euclidian space, etc. See under Absolute, Euclidian, etc. -- Space line , a thin piece of metal used by printers to open the lines of type to a regular distance
• COMPARTMENT
  One of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight bulkheads. (more info) 1. One of the parts into which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions, or lines; as, the compartments of a cabinet, a house, or
• DECOMPOSITION
  1. The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of
• TEARER
  One who tears or rends anything; also, one who rages or raves with violence.
• RUPTURED
  Having a rupture, or hernia.
• FRACTURE
  The breaking of a bone. (more info) 1. The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
• TEARPIT
  A cavity or pouch beneath the lower eyelid of most deer and antelope; the lachrymal sinus; larmier. It is capable of being opened at pleasure and secretes a waxy substance.
• TEARY
  1. Wet with tears; tearful. 2. Consisting of tears, or drops like tears.
• BURSTER
  One that bursts.
• RUPTUREWORT
  Same as Burstwort. A West Indian plant somewhat resembling burstwort.
• BREAKAWAY
  A wild rush of sheep, cattle, horses, or camels (especially at the smell or the sight of water); a stampede. 2. An animal that breaks away from a herd.
• LACERATION
  1. The act of lacerating. 2. A breach or wound made by lacerating. Arbuthnot.
• PERSEVERANCE
  Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism. Syn. -- Persistence; steadfastness; constancy; steadiness; pertinacity. (more info)
• MAKE AND BREAK
  Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
• LAWBREAKER
  One who disobeys the law; a criminal. -- Law"break`ing, n. & a.
• SUNBURST
  A burst of sunlight.
• UNSPHERE
  To remove, as a planet, from its sphere or orb. Shak.
• AEROSPHERE
  The atmosphere.
• MISDIVISION
  Wrong division.
• COSMOSPHERE
  An apparattus for showing the position of the earth, at any given time, with respect to the fixed stars. It consist of a hollow glass globe, on which are depicted the stars and constellations, and within which is a terrestrial globe.
• OATHBREAKING
  The violation of an oath; perjury. Shak
• PEACEBREAKER
  One who disturbs the public peace. -- Peace"break`ing, n.
• CLOUD-BURST
  A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once.