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sectional

Pronunciation: /ˈsɛkʃ(ə)n(ə)l/
Definition of sectional

adjective

  • relating to a section or subdivision of a larger whole:a sectional championship
  • relating to a section or group within a community:the chairman of the commission looked on sectional interests as a danger to the common good
  • relating to a view of the structure of an object in section:sectional drawings
  • made or supplied in sections:sectional sills, made from more than one piece of timber

noun

North American
  • a sofa made in sections that can be used separately as chairs.

Derivatives

sectionalize

(also sectionalise) verb

sectionally

adverb

sectional in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of sectional in the US English dictionary
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