disappointment dashing hopes | an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone |
push pushing | the act of applying force in order to move something away, he gave the door a hard push, the pushing is good exercise |
push | an effort to advance, the army made a push toward the sea |
speed speeding hurrying | changing location rapidly |
haste hurry rush rushing | the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner, in his haste to leave he forgot his book |
rollback push back | the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw |
adjoining room | a hotel room that shares a wall with another hotel room |
back room | a room located in the rear of an establishment, usually accessible only to privileged groups |
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) |
bell push | a button that is pushed to ring a bell |
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 |
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) |
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 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 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 |
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 |
gun room | military quarters of midshipmen and junior officers on a British warship |
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 |
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 |
lumber room | a storeroom in a house where odds and ends can be stored (especially furniture) |
men's room men's | a public toilet for men |
morgue mortuary dead room | a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation |
morning room | a sitting room used during the daylight hours |
motel room | a sleeping room in a motel |
nursery baby's room | a child's room for a baby |
operating room OR operating theater operating theatre surgery | a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations, great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic |
public toilet comfort station public convenience convenience public lavatory restroom toilet facility wash room | a toilet that is available to the public |
pump room | a pump house at a spa where medicinal waters are pumped and where patrons gather |
push-bike | a bicycle that must be pedaled |
push broom | a wide broom that is pushed ahead of the sweeper |