Scrabble & Words with friends points
- sections is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
- sections is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
- sections is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12
Definition of sections
- a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical) (noun)
Examples
- he always turns first to the business section
- the history of this work is discussed in the next section
Synonyms
- subdivision
- a specialized division of a large organization (noun)
Examples
- she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury
Synonyms
- department
- the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation) (noun)
Synonyms
- incision
- surgical incision
- (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid (noun)
Synonyms
- plane section
- one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole (noun)
Examples
- the finance section of the company
Synonyms
- division
- part
- a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately (noun)
Examples
- a graduate student taught sections for the professor's lecture course
Synonyms
- discussion section
- divide into segments (verb)
Synonyms
- segment
- one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object (noun)
Examples
- a section of a fishing rod
- metal sections were used below ground
Synonyms
- segment
- a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people (noun)
Examples
- no section of the nation is more ardent than the South
- there are three synagogues in the Jewish section
- a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class (noun)
- a land unit equal to 1 square mile (noun)
- a segment of a citrus fruit (noun)
Examples
- he ate a section of the orange
- a small army unit usually having a special function (noun)
- a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon (noun)
- a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope (noun)
Examples
- sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue
See definition of sections in Merriam Webster