Definitions For Section

noun

  • The cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)
  • One of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object
  • One of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
  • A self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
  • A segment of a citrus fruit
  • A specialized division of a large organization
  • A small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon
  • A small army unit usually having a special function
  • A division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class
  • A small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately
  • (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid
  • A distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people
  • A very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope
  • A land unit equal to 1 square mile
  • One of the parts that form something
  • A particular area that is part of a larger place
  • A part of a newspaper, play, book, etc.

verb

  • Divide into segments
  • To divide (something) into parts
  • To officially send (a mentally ill person) to a psychiatric hospital

Is Section a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
11

The word Section is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Section in a Sentence

  • The upper section of the bridge
  • This section of the road is closed.
  • The frozen food section in the supermarket
  • Peel and section the orange.
  • Section the chicken and marinate the parts.
  • She was sectioned by the judge.

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