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. |
Check
(n.) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger |
Check
(n.) A condition of interrupted or impeded progress |
Check
(n.) Whatever arrests progress, or limits action |
Check
(n.) A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified |
Check
(n.) A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below. |
Check
(n.) A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard |
Check
(n.) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. |
Check
(n.) Small chick or crack. |
Check
(v. t.) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check |
Check
(v. t.) To put a sudden restraint upon |
Check
(v. t.) To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check |
Check
(v. t.) To chide, rebuke, or reprove. |
Check
(v. t.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended. |
Check
(v. t.) To make checks or chinks in |
Check
(v. i.) To make a stop |
Check
(v. i.) To clash or interfere. |
Check
(v. i.) To act as a curb or restraint. |
Check
(v. i.) To crack or gape open, as wood in drying |
Check
(v. i.) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds. |
Check
(a.) Checkered |
Drawing-room
(n.) A room appropriated for the reception of company |
Drawing-room
(n.) The company assembled in such a room |
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 |
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 |
| check-in | the act of reporting your presence (as at an airport or a hotel) |
check checkout
check-out procedure | the act of inspecting or verifying, they made a check of their equipment, the pilot ran through the check-out procedure |
| spot check | a check on work performance or product quality made at random times without warning, spot checks ensure a high level of performance by employees |
checkup
medical checkup
medical examination
medical exam
medical
health check | a thorough physical examination, includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person |
| check | (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king |
| discovered check | a check on the opponent's king that is delivered by moving a piece out of the line of attack by a queen or rook or bishop |
| check | obstructing an opponent in ice hockey |
| poke check | knocking the puck away by jabbing at it with the hockey stick |
| attendance check | a call of students' names in a classroom |
bridle
check curb | the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess, his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper |
| 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) |
billiard room
billiard saloon
billiard parlor
billiard parlour
billiard hall | a room in which billiards is played |
| check | a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard), she wore a skirt with checks |
| 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 |
houndstooth check
hound's-tooth check
dogstooth check
dogs-tooth check
dog's-tooth check | textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks |
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 |