'OR' definitions:
Definition of 'OR'
From: WordNet
noun
A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific [syn: Oregon, Beaver State, OR]
noun
A room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations; "great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic" [syn: operating room, OR, operating theater, operating theatre, surgery]
Definition of 'or'
From: GCIDE
- Candlenut \Can"dle*nut`\, n.
- 1. The fruit of a euphorbiaceous tree or shrub ({Aleurites moluccana}), native of some of the Pacific islands. It is used by the natives as a candle, the nut kernels being strung together. The oil from the nut (
- {), native of some of the Pacific islands. It is used by the natives as a candle, the nut kernels being strung together. The oil from the nut (} or { or ) has many uses, including as a varnish.
- Syn: varnish tree. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. The tree itself (Aleurites moluccana). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'or'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- achievement,
- alerion,
- and/or,
- animal charge,
- annulet,
- argent,
- armorial bearings,
- armory,
- arms,
- aureate,
- aureateness,
- auric,
- azure,
- bandeau,
- bar,
- bar sinister,
- baton,
- bearings,
- beige,
- bend,
- bend sinister,
- billet,
- blazon,
- blazonry,
- bordure,
- broad arrow,
- buff,
- buff-yellow,
- cadency mark,
- canary,
- canary-yellow,
- canton,
- chaplet,
- charge,
- chevron,
- chief,
- citron,
- citron-yellow,
- coat of arms,
- cockatrice,
- coronet,
- cream,
- creamy,
- crescent,
- crest,
- cross,
- cross moline,
- crown,
- device,
- difference,
- differencing,
- eagle,
- ecru,
- ermine,
- ermines,
- erminites,
- erminois,
- escutcheon,
- falcon,
- fallow,
- fallowness,
- fess,
- fess point,
- field,
- file,
- flanch,
- flaxen,
- fleur-de-lis,
- fret,
- fur,
- fusil,
- garland,
- gilded,
- gilt,
- gold,
- gold-colored,
- golden,
- griffin,
- gules,
- gyron,
- hatchment,
- helmet,
- heraldic device,
- honor point,
- impalement,
- impaling,
- inescutcheon,
- label,
- lemon,
- lemon-yellow,
- lion,
- lozenge,
- luteolous,
- lutescent,
- mantling,
- marshaling,
- martlet,
- mascle,
- metal,
- motto,
- mullet,
- nombril point,
- ocherish,
- ocherous,
- ochery,
- ochreous,
- ochroid,
- ochrous,
- ochry,
- octofoil,
- ordinary,
- orle,
- pale,
- paly,
- pean,
- pheon,
- primrose,
- primrose-colored,
- primrose-yellow,
- purpure,
- quarter,
- quartering,
- rose,
- sable,
- saffron,
- saffron-colored,
- saffron-yellow,
- sallow,
- saltire,
- sand-colored,
- sandy,
- scutcheon,
- shield,
- spread eagle,
- straw,
- straw-colored,
- subordinary,
- tenne,
- tincture,
- torse,
- tressure,
- unicorn,
- vair,
- vert,
- wreath,
- xanthic,
- xanthous,
- yale,
- yellow,
- yellowish,
- yellowishness,
- yellowness
Acronyms for 'OR'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Observation Report (CC)
- Originator / Recipient (X.400, MOTIS), "O/R"