English > facility: 5 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry. |
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| Example | "the assembly plant is an enormous facility" |
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| Synonym | installation |
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| Narrower | airfield, landing field, flying field, field | A place where planes take off and land |
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| arboretum, botanical garden | A facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition |
| athletic facility | A facility for athletic events |
| backroom | The meeting place of a group of leaders who make their decisions via private negotiations |
| cafeteria facility | (usually plural) facilities for providing food for employees or visitors |
| communication system, communication equipment | facility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating information |
| course | facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport |
| depository, deposit, depositary, repository | A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping |
| drive-in | Any installation designed to accommodate patrons in their automobiles |
| forum, assembly, meeting place | A public facility to meet for open discussion |
| gas system | facility (plant and equipment) for providing natural-gas service |
| menagerie, zoo, zoological garden | The facility where wild animals are housed / housed for exhibition |
| military installation | Any facility servicing military forces |
| power system, power grid, grid | A system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region |
| range | A place for shooting / shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds |
| recreational facility, recreation facility | A public facility for recreation / recreation |
| sewage system, sewer system, sewage works | facility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage |
| source | A facility where something is available |
| station | A facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose |
| transportation system, transportation, transit | A facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods |
| utility | A facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat / heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal |
| water system, water supply, water | A facility that provides a source of water |
| Broader | artifact, artefact | A man-made object taken as a whole |
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| Spanish | instalación, local, servicio |
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| Catalan | instal·lació |
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