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. |
Boudoir
(n.) A small room, esp. if pleasant, or elegantly furnished, to which a lady may retire to be alone, or to receive intimate friends |
By-room
(n.) A private room or apartment. |
Drawing-room
(n.) A room appropriated for the reception of company |
Drawing-room
(n.) The company assembled in such a room |
Dressing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dress |
Dressing
(n.) Dress |
Dressing
(n.) An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to a sore or wound. |
Dressing
(n.) Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing. |
Dressing
(n.) A preparation to fit food for use |
Dressing
(n.) The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc. |
Dressing
(n.) Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics. |
Dressing
(n.) An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc. |
Dressing
(n.) Castigation |
Private
(a.) Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest |
Private
(a.) Sequestered from company or observation |
Private
(a.) Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment |
Private
(a.) Not publicly known |
Private
(a.) Having secret or private knowledge |
Private
(n.) A secret message |
Private
(n.) Personal interest |
Private
(n.) Privacy |
Private
(n.) One not invested with a public office. |
Private
(n.) A common soldier |
Private
(n.) The private parts |
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. |
Top-dressing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Top-dress |
Top-dressing
(n.) The act of applying a dressing of manure to the surface of land |
Water dressing
() The treatment of wounds or ulcers by the application of water |
Withdrawing-room
(n.) A room for retirement from another room, as from a dining room |
| private treaty | a sale of property at a price agreed on by the seller and buyer without an intervening agency |
| window dressing | the decoration of shop windows |
| private practice | the practice of a profession independently and not as an employee, he teaches at the medical school but his fortune came from private practice, lawyers in private practice are in business and must make a profit to survive |
dressing bandaging
binding | the act of applying a bandage |
dressing
grooming | the activity of getting dressed, putting on clothes |
| dressing | processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather |
transvestism
transvestitism
cross dressing | the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex |
| 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 |
| boudoir | a lady's bedroom or private sitting room |
| 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
medical dressing | a cloth covering for a wound or sore |
| dressing case | a small piece of luggage for carrying brushes and bottles and toilet articles while traveling |
dressing gown
robe-dehambre
lounging robe | a robe worn before dressing or while lounging |
| dressing room | a room in which you can change clothes |
dressing sack
dressing sacque | a woman's loose jacket, worn while dressing |
dressing station
aid station | (military) a station located near a combat area for giving first aid to the wounded |
dressing table
dresser vanity
toilet table | low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup |
driveway
drive private road | a road leading up to a private house, they parked in the driveway |
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 |