Meaning & use
Lazarette
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A storage compartment near the stern of a ship, below deck.
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The sailors stowed extra rope and spare parts in the lazarette.
Water had leaked into the lazarette during the storm.
A note on using this word
The word shares a root with "lazaretto," a historical quarantine station for travelers, both tracing back to associations with the biblical figure Lazarus and isolation.
Words with a similar meaning
storage locker
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