CLEAN ROOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clean room mean? 

• CLEAN ROOM (noun)
  The noun CLEAN 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: CLEAN ROOM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLEAN 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 ("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)

 Context examples 

Most lab-on-a-chip devices must be manufactured by professional staff in specialized facilities called clean rooms and can take weeks, but the chip component of this system can be made almost anywhere in as little as twenty minutes.

(Scientists say new medical diagnostic chip can sort cells anywhere with an inkjet, Wikinews)