cooking cookery preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat, cooking can be a great art, people are needed who have experience in cookery, he left the preparation of meals to his wife |
site visit | a visit in an official capacity to examine a site to determine its suitability for some enterprise |
wrong-site surgery | a surgical operation performed on the wrong part of the body |
homework prep preparation | preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) |
childbirth-preparation class | a course that teaches pregnant women to use breathing and concentration and exercise techniques to use during labor |
training preparation grooming | activity leading to skilled behavior |
preparation fire | fire delivered on a target in preparation for an assault |
preparation readying | the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose, preparations for the ceremony had begun |
drill site | workplace that is the site of a drill hole |
planning preparation provision | the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening, his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties |
web site website internet site site | a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web, the Israeli web site was damaged by hostile hackers |
portal site portal | a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet, a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc. |
preparation | (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord, the resolution of one dissonance is often the preparation for another dissonance |
bomb site | an area in a town that has been devastated by bombs, they opened a parking lot on the bomb site |
campsite campground camping site camping ground bivouac encampment camping area | a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent |
cemetery graveyard burial site burial ground burying ground memorial park necropolis | a tract of land used for burials |
dig excavation archeological site | the site of an archeological exploration, they set up camp next to the dig |
toxic waste dump toxic waste site toxic dumpsite | a location where toxic wastes can be or have been disposed of (often illegally) |
launching site | a place for launching pads |
site situation | physical position in relation to the surroundings, the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides |
active site | the part of an enzyme or antibody where the chemical reaction occurs |
restriction site | the specific sites at which a restriction enzyme will cleave DNA |
site land site | the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located), a good site for the school |
toxic site toxic waste area Superfund site | a site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up |
orphan site | a toxic waste area where the polluter could not be identified or the polluter refused to take action or pay for the cleanup |
vacant lot building site | a lot on which there are no permanent buildings |
readiness preparedness preparation | the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action), putting them in readiness, their preparation was more than adequate |
formulation preparation | a substance prepared according to a formula, the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine |
locate place site | assign a location to, The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles |
on-site | taking place or located at the site, on-site inspection |
off-site | taking place or located away from the site, an off-site waste treatment operation |