partition off

1. 1.

   divide into parts, pieces, or sections

   “The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British”

   Synonymspartition

   Broaderseparate

   Narrowerpound

Questions about partition off

What does partition off mean?

partition off means "divide into parts, pieces, or sections".

What is another word for partition off?

Close synonyms include partition. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is partition off a common word?

partition off is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.