WHITE ROOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white room mean? 

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

1. a room that is virtually free of dust or bacteria; used in laboratory work and in assembly or repair of precision equipment

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITE ROOM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A room that is virtually free of dust or bacteria; used in laboratory work and in assembly or repair of precision equipment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

clean room; white room

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

room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "white room"):

laminar flow clean room (a clean room free of all extraneous particles; used in fabricating microprocessors)

 Context examples 

Freya's ability to sense the deadly disease is tested in a plain white room.

(The Dog's Nose Knows Malaria, Kevin Enochs/VOA)