partition off

verb

partitioned off; partitioning off; partitions off
: to separate (an area or part of a room) by using a wall, screen, etc.
The storage area was partitioned off from the rest of the basement.

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Two baby horses stood silently in the back, partitioned off from the adults. — Stina Sieg, NPR, 21 Aug. 2026 Inside the palace, the rooms were dark and very large; in the days of the Heian court, they would have been partitioned off by screens and curtains. — Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025 The artwork resides in a small room, partitioned off from the original main lobby. — IEEE Spectrum, 1 Feb. 2016

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“Partition off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/partition%20off. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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