Amber room () A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The amber was removed by occupying German troops during the Second World War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. The room is being recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans. |
By-room (n.) A private room or apartment. |
Divider (n.) One who, or that which, divides |
Divider (n.) One who deals out to each his share. |
Divider (n.) One who, or that which, causes division. |
Divider (n.) An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses. |
Drawing-room (n.) A room appropriated for the reception of company |
Drawing-room (n.) The company assembled in such a room |
Folding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fold |
Folding (n.) The act of making a fold or folds |
Folding (n.) The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc. |
Room (n.) Unobstructed spase |
Room (n.) A particular portion of space appropriated for occupancy |
Room (n.) Especially, space in a building or ship inclosed or set apart by a partition |
Room (n.) Place or position in society |
Room (n.) Possibility of admission |
Room (v. i.) To occupy a room or rooms |
Room (a.) Spacious |
Screen (n.) Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger |
Screen (n.) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like. |
Screen (n.) A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc. |
Screen (n.) A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like. |
Screen (v. t.) To provide with a shelter or means of concealment |
Screen (v. t.) To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable |
Sea room () Room or space at sea for a vessel to maneuver, drive, or scud, without peril of running ashore or aground. |
Tiring-room (n.) The room or place where players dress for the stage. |
Withdrawing-room (n.) A room for retirement from another room, as from a dining room |