OR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does OR mean?
• OR (noun)
The noun OR has 2 senses:
1. a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
2. a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
Familiarity information: OR used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OR (noun)
Meaning:
A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Beaver State; OR; Oregon
Instance hypernyms:
American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)
Meronyms (parts of "OR"):
Snake; Snake River (a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition)
Klamath; Klamath River (a river flowing southwest from Oregon through northern California to the Pacific Ocean)
capital of Oregon; Salem (capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River)
Portland (freshwater port and largest city in Oregon; located in northwestern Oregon on the Willamette River which divides the city into east and west sections; renowned for its beautiful natural setting among the mountains)
Medford (a town in southwestern Oregon; a summer resort)
Klamath Falls (a town in southern Oregon near the California border)
Eugene (a city in eastern Oregon on the Willamette River; site of a university)
Bend (a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range)
Crater Lake National Park (a national park in Oregon having the deepest lake in the United States in the crater of an extinct volcano)
Willamette; Willamette River (a river in western Oregon that flows north into the Columbia River near Portland)
Holonyms ("OR" is a part of...):
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
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 ("OR" is a kind of...):
hospital room (a room in a hospital for the care of patients)
