n .
division ; dividing wall 분할 ; 칸막이

• The teacher's partition of the class into "smarties" and "dumbies" may not have been educationally sound.
• In the temporary office there were plywood partitions rather than real walls between the work areas.
• partition 은 동사로도 쓰인다.
• After the Second World War, Germany was partitioned into two distinct countries, East Germany and West Germany.
• Ann and David used a wall of bookcases to partition off a study from one corner of their living room.
  앤과 데이비드는 거실 한쪽 구석에서 서재를 분리하기 위해 책장을 벽으로 사용했다.