OPERATING ROOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does operating room mean? 

• OPERATING ROOM (noun)
  The noun OPERATING ROOM has 1 sense:

1. a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations

  Familiarity information: OPERATING ROOM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPERATING ROOM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

operating room; operating theater; operating theatre; OR; surgery

Context example:

great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic

Hypernyms ("operating room" is a kind of...):

hospital room (a room in a hospital for the care of patients)