rental
renting | the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car) |
| adjoining room | a hotel room that shares a wall with another hotel room |
anteroom
antechamber
entrance hall
hall foyer
lobby
vestibule | a large entrance or reception room or area |
| assembly hall | a hall where many people can congregate |
| back room | a room located in the rear of an establishment, usually accessible only to privileged groups |
ballroom
dance hall
dance palace | large room used mainly for dancing |
bedroom
sleeping room
sleeping accommodation
chamber bedchamber | a room used primarily for sleeping |
bedsitting room
bedsitter
bedsit | a furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing) |
| beer hall | a hall or barroom featuring beer and (usually) entertainment |
billiard room
billiard saloon
billiard parlor
billiard parlour
billiard hall | a room in which billiards is played |
| child's room | a bedroom for a child |
| city hall | a building that houses administrative offices of a municipal government |
clean room
white room | a room that is virtually free of dust or bacteria, used in laboratory work and in assembly or repair of precision equipment |
| common room | a sitting room (usually at school or university) |
| concert hall | a hall where concerts are given |
| conference room | a room in which a conference can be held |
| connecting room | a hotel room that shares a wall with an adjoining room and is connected by a private door |
| control room | a room housing control equipment (as in a recording studio) |
| cutting room | a room where films or tapes are edited (by cutting out unwanted parts) |
| dining-hall | a large room at a college or university, used especially for dining |
dining room
diningoom | a room used for dining |
doorway
door room access
threshold | the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building, the space that a door can close, he stuck his head in the doorway |
dormitory
dorm
residence hall
hall student residence | a college or university building containing living quarters for students |
dormitory dormitory room
dorm room | a large sleeping room containing several beds |
drawing room
withdrawing room | a formal room where visitors can be received and entertained |
| drawing room | a private compartment on a sleeping car with three bunks and a toilet |
| dressing room | a room in which you can change clothes |
emergency room
ER | a room in a hospital or clinic staffed and equipped to provide emergency care to persons requiring immediate medical treatment |
engineering
engine room | a room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located |
exhibition hall
exhibition area | a large hall for holding exhibitions |
| family room | a recreation room in a private house |
| furnace room | a room (usually in the basement of a building) that contains a furnace for heating the building |
| great hall | the principal hall in a castle or mansion, can be used for dining or entertainment |
| gun room | military quarters of midshipmen and junior officers on a British warship |
| hall | a large building for meetings or entertainment |
| hall | a large room for gatherings or entertainment, lecture hall, pool hall |
| hall | a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research, halls of learning |
| Hall of Fame | a building containing trophies honoring famous people |
| hall of residence | a university dormitory |
hallway
hall | an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open, the elevators were at the end of the hall |
home room
homeroom | 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 |
| hospital room | a room in a hospital for the care of patients |
| hotel room | a bedroom (usually with bath) in a hotel |
| Independence Hall | the building in Philadelphia where the Declaration of Independence was signed |
ladies' room
powder room | a woman's restroom in a public (or semipublic) building |
| laminar flow clean room | a clean room free of all extraneous particles, used in fabricating microprocessors |
| lecture room | classroom where lectures are given |
living room
livingoom
sitting room
front room
parlor parlour | a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax |
| locker room | a room (as at an athletic facility or workplace) where you can change clothes and which contains lockers for the temporary storage of your clothing and personal possessions |
lounge
waiting room
waiting area | a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait |