compartmentalize

compartmentalize (something) into (something)

To separate something into different parts or categories. We'll use cubicles to compartmentalize the office into smaller workspaces.
See also: compartmentalize
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

compartmentalize something into something

to segment or divide something into smaller things; to assign the parts of something into categories. We will have to compartmentalize this large area into a number of smaller offices. His brain seems to be compartmentalized into a number of different centers.
See also: compartmentalize
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • compartmentalize (something) into (something)
  • compartmentalize into
  • in (just) a minute
  • in (just) a moment
  • set (something) in cement
  • set (something) in concrete
  • set in cement
  • set in concrete
  • purge (something) of (something)
  • purge of
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