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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Marketers have spent years building attribution systems to answer that question, and retailer first-party data, authenticated audiences, clean rooms and commerce media networks are finally making more of the journey measurable. — Dani Nadel, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

That means there are fewer people left to make sure labs and clean rooms pass all the required safety checks during tests that involve extreme temperatures, pressures and electrical discharges. — Eric Niiler, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026

There were some open-source reports that a missile struck a building that houses a clean room for avionics—perhaps a reference to the electronics production Zelenskyy referred to. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2026

In Micron’s case, that means the intricate — and expensive — machines the company uses to fabricate the microchips in its Boise clean rooms. — Mark Dee august 2, Idaho Statesman, 2 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for clean room

• assume
• backroom
• ballroom
• barroom
• bathroom
• bedroom
• boardroom
• bridegroom
• classroom
• cloakroom
• consume
• costume