CLEAN ROOM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

clean room; white room

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("clean 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 "clean room"):

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