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anteroom
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n 1: a large entrance or reception room or area [syn:
anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall,
foyer, lobby, vestibule]
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ballroom
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n 1: large room used mainly for dancing [syn: ballroom, dance
hall, dance palace]
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bathroom
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n 1: a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower
and usually a washbasin and toilet [syn: bathroom,
bath]
2: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets [syn:
toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy,
bathroom]
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bedroom
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n 1: a room used primarily for sleeping [syn: bedroom,
sleeping room, sleeping accommodation, chamber,
bedchamber]
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boardroom
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n 1: a room where a committee meets (such as the board of
directors of a company) [syn: boardroom, council
chamber]
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bridegroom
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n 1: a man who has recently been married [syn: groom,
bridegroom]
2: a man participant in his own marriage ceremony [syn: groom,
bridegroom]
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checkroom
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n 1: a room where baggage or parcels are checked [syn:
checkroom, left-luggage office]
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classroom
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n 1: a room in a school where lessons take place [syn:
classroom, schoolroom]
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cloakroom
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n 1: a private lounge off of a legislative chamber
2: a room where coats and other articles can be left temporarily
[syn: cloakroom, coatroom]
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clubroom
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n 1: a room used for the activities of a club
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common
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adj 1: belonging to or participated in by a community as a
whole; public; "for the common good"; "common lands are
set aside for use by all members of a community" [ant:
individual, single]
2: having no special distinction or quality; widely known or
commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual; "the
common man"; "a common sailor"; "the common cold"; "a common
nuisance"; "followed common procedure"; "it is common
knowledge that she lives alone"; "the common housefly"; "a
common brand of soap" [ant: uncommon]
3: common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common
friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor" [syn:
common, mutual]
4: commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint";
"the usual greeting" [syn: common, usual]
5: being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday
language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular
speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical
and vulgar names for an animal species" [syn: common,
vernacular, vulgar]
6: of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common
people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that
branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar
and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses" [syn:
common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed]
7: of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye
are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used
by the poorer population" [syn: coarse, common]
8: lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse
manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as
common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth
soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste
for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich" [syn:
coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar]
9: to be expected; standard; "common decency"
n 1: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;
"they went for a walk in the park" [syn: park, commons,
common, green]
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courtroom
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n 1: a room in which a lawcourt sits; "television cameras were
admitted in the courtroom" [syn: court, courtroom]
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darkroom
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n 1: a room in which photographs are developed
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greenroom
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n 1: a backstage room in a theater where performers rest or have
visitors
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guardroom
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n 1: a cell in which soldiers who are prisoners are confined
2: a room used by soldiers on guard
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headroom
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n 1: vertical space available to allow easy passage under
something [syn: headroom, headway, clearance]
2: the capacity of a system to reproduce loud sounds without
distortion [syn: headroom, dynamic headroom]
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homeroom
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n 1: a classroom in which all students in a particular grade (or
in a division of a grade) meet at certain times under the
supervision of a teacher who takes attendance and does
other administrative business [syn: home room,
homeroom]
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houseroom
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n 1: space for accommodation in a house; "I wouldn't give that
table houseroom"
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lunchroom
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n 1: a restaurant (in a facility) where lunch can be purchased
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mushroom
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n 1: common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the
inedible toadstool) [ant: toadstool]
2: mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools,
puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.)
3: any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota
consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an
underground mycelium
4: a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and
rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a
nuclear bomb) [syn: mushroom, mushroom cloud, mushroom-
shaped cloud]
5: fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi
v 1: pick or gather mushrooms; "We went mushrooming in the Fall"
2: grow and spread fast; "The problem mushroomed"
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newsroom
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n 1: the staff of a newspaper or the news department of a
periodical; "every newspaper editor is criticized by the
newsroom"
2: an office in which news is processed by a newspaper or news
agency or television or radio station
3: a reading room (in a library or club) where newspapers and
other periodicals can be read
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playroom
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n 1: a recreation room for noisy activities (parties or
children's play etc) [syn: rumpus room, playroom, game
room]
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poolroom
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n 1: a room with pool tables where pool is played
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restroom
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n 1: a toilet that is available to the public [syn: public
toilet, comfort station, public convenience,
convenience, public lavatory, restroom, toilet
facility, wash room]
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room
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n 1: an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and
ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice
view"
2: space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly
enough elbow room to turn around" [syn: room, way, elbow
room]
3: opportunity for; "room for improvement"
4: the people who are present in a room; "the whole room was
cheering"
v 1: live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old
boarding house" [syn: board, room]
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saleroom
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n 1: an area where merchandise (such as cars) can be displayed;
"in Britain a showroom is called a salesroom" [syn:
showroom, salesroom, saleroom]
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salesroom
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n 1: an area where merchandise (such as cars) can be displayed;
"in Britain a showroom is called a salesroom" [syn:
showroom, salesroom, saleroom]
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schoolroom
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n 1: a room in a school where lessons take place [syn:
classroom, schoolroom]
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showroom
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n 1: an area where merchandise (such as cars) can be displayed;
"in Britain a showroom is called a salesroom" [syn:
showroom, salesroom, saleroom]
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sickroom
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n 1: a room to which a sick person is confined
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stateroom
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n 1: a guest cabin
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stockroom
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n 1: storeroom for storing goods and supplies used in a business
[syn: stockroom, stock room]
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storeroom
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n 1: a room in which things are stored [syn: storeroom,
storage room, stowage]
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taproom
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n 1: a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served
over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the
bar" [syn: barroom, bar, saloon, ginmill,
taproom]
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tearoom
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n 1: a restaurant where tea and light meals are available [syn:
teashop, teahouse, tearoom, tea parlor, tea
parlour]
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wardroom
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n 1: military quarters for dining and recreation for officers of
a warship (except the captain)
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washroom
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n 1: a lavatory (particularly a lavatory in a public place)
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workroom
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n 1: room where work is done
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strongroom
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n 1: a burglarproof and fireproof room in which valuables are
kept
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sunroom
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n 1: a room enclosed largely with glass and affording exposure
to the sun [syn: sun parlor, sun parlour, sun porch,
sunporch, sunroom, sun lounge, solarium]
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dayroom
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legroom
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pressroom
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toolroom
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