clean room
noun
ˈklēn-ˌrüm 
-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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Machine operators are trained as skilled technicians, not line workers, supported by electrical, mechanical and optical engineers, all working in clean rooms and at control screens absent 1950s blast furnaces.
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Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Turn the plant upside down and dip the foliage portion into a bucket of clean room-temperature water.
—Jon Vanzile, The Spruce, 30 Jan. 2026
The scientists were able to create this film of gold supraballs under ambient room conditions, without needing a clean room or specialized equipment to generate extreme temperatures.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
Sometimes the emergency department gets backed up partly because there aren’t enough workers to clean rooms or transport patients from the emergency department to inpatient hospital beds, said Morgan Jurgus, an emergency department assistant at the hospital.
—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
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Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Turn the plant upside down and dip the foliage portion into a bucket of clean room-temperature water.
—Jon Vanzile, The Spruce, 30 Jan. 2026
The scientists were able to create this film of gold supraballs under ambient room conditions, without needing a clean room or specialized equipment to generate extreme temperatures.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
Sometimes the emergency department gets backed up partly because there aren’t enough workers to clean rooms or transport patients from the emergency department to inpatient hospital beds, said Morgan Jurgus, an emergency department assistant at the hospital.
—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
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“Clean room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clean%20room. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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