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Conjunction: or  or
  1. Introduces an alternative
    "play tennis or go bowling"
Noun: OR
  1. [N. Amer] A room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
    - operating room [N. Amer], operating theater [US], operating theatre, surgery, theatre [Brit]
     
  2. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific with capital Salem
    - Oregon, Beaver State, Ore.

Sounds like: awe, oar, ore

Derived forms: ORs

Type of: American state, hospital room

Part of: America, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA

Encyclopedia: Or, Orphans!

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