sectional
About 4.73 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Relating to a section.
- adjective Separating into sections.
Our new sectional couch divided into pieces, but the pieces still wouldn't fit through the door.
- adjective Relating to conflict between areas.
The U.S. civil war can be considered a sectional dispute.
- noun An item of furniture composed of modular sections; usually specifically a sectional sofa.
- noun A sectional chart, a type of map used for navigation in the air.
- noun A tournament or match held at the section level, typically between the regionals and the championships.
- noun A band sectional, in which one section of a band or orchestra practices separately.
Similar words
divided sectioned sectoral division section factional longitudinal cross-sectional frame subparagraph
Often followed by
area view and interests studies data study areas analysis views
Word family
sectionally sectionals
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