clean room

noun

ˈklēn-ˌrüm How to pronounce clean room (audio)
-ˌru̇m
: a room for the manufacture or assembly of objects (such as precision parts) that is maintained at a high level of cleanliness by special means

Examples of clean room in a Sentence

The microchips are manufactured in a clean room.
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The camera was assembled in a clean room at the observatory before installation. Jonathan Corum, New York Times, 19 June 2025 The documentary gives viewers inside access to the exclusive spaces where the telescope was made, from mirror assembly sites to clean rooms at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 15 June 2025 And increasingly, using clean rooms to ensure customers can safely combine their sensitive data with your company’s market data without compromising privacy or compliance is vital. Bytheodore Krantz Jr, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025 When in your closet, make sure to vacuum or dust the shelves and wipe them down for a clean room. Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 14 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for clean room

Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of clean room was in 1961

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“Clean room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clean%20room. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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