Definition of
Or
- (noun, artifact) a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
- (noun, location) a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
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Synonyms of Or
beaver state, operating room, operating theater, operating theatre, oregon, surgery
Alternate forms of Or
Hypernyms: hospital room
Origin of the word Or
- c.1200, from O.E. conj. o??e "either, or," related to O.N. e?a, O.H.G. odar, Ger. oder, Goth. ai??au "or." This was extended in early M.E. with an -r ending, perhaps by analogy of other "choice between alternative" words that ended this way (either, whether), then reduced to o??r, at first in unstressed situations (commonl… more
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