1. or(n = noun.location) beaver state, oregon - a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific; Array
is a kind of american state
is a part of america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa
has parts: pacific northwest, crater lake national park, bend, eugene, klamath falls, medford, portland, capital of oregon, salem, klamath, klamath river, snake, snake river, willamette, willamette river
2. or(n = noun.artifact) operating room, operating theater, operating theatre, surgery - a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations; "great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic"
is a kind of hospital room
A particle that marks an alternative; as, you may read or may write, -- that is, you may do one of the things at your pleasure, but not both. It corresponds to
" Or may be used to join as alternatives terms expressing unlike things or ideas (as, is the orange sour or sweet?), or different terms expressing the same thing or idea; as, this is a sphere, or globe." [1913 Webster]
"If man's convenience, health,
Or safety interfere, his rights and claims
Are paramount." [1913 Webster]
"Maugre thine heed, thou must for indigence
Or steal, or beg, or borrow thy dispence." [1913 Webster]
Ere; before; sooner than. [1913 Webster]
"But natheless, while I have time and space,
Or that I forther in this tale pace." [1913 Webster]
Yellow or gold color, -- represented in drawing or engraving by small dots. [1913 Webster]
or, abbr.
1 operational research.
2 US Oregon (in official postal use).
3 other ranks.
or, conj.
1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only the last, of any number of alternatives (white or grey or black; white, grey, or black).
2 (often prec. by either) introducing the only remaining possibility or choice given (take it or leave it; either come in or go out).
3 (prec. by whether) introducing the second part of an indirect question or conditional clause (ask him whether he was there or not; must go whether I like or dislike it).
4 introducing a synonym or explanation of a preceding word etc. (suffered from vertigo or giddiness).
5 introducing a significant afterthought (he must know - or is he bluffing?).
6 = or else (run or you'll be late).
7 poet. each of two; either (or in the heart or in the head).
Idiom:
not A or B not A, and also not B. one or two (or two or three etc.) colloq. a few. or else
1 otherwise (do it now, or else you will have to do it tomorrow).
2 colloq. expressing a warning or threat (hand over the money or else). or rather introducing a rephrasing or qualification of a preceding statement etc. (he was there, or rather I heard that he was). or so (after a quantity or a number) or thereabouts (send me ten or so).
or, n. & adj. Heraldry
--n. a gold or yellow colour.
--adj. (usu. following noun) gold or yellow (a crescent or).
Etymology:
F f. L aurum gold
N yellowness, yellow, or, gamboge, cadmium-yellow, chrome-yellow, Indian-yellow king's-yellow, lemonyellow, orpiment, yellow ocher, Claude tint, aureolin, xanthein, xanthin, zaofulvin, crocus, saffron, topaz, xanthite, yolk, jaundice, London fog, yellowness, icterus, xantho- cyanopia, xanthopsia, yellow, aureate, golden, flavous, citrine, fallow, fulvous, fulvid, sallow, luteous, tawny, creamy, sandy, xanthic, xanthous, jaundiced, auricomous, gold-colored, citron-colored, saffron-colored, lemon-colored, lemon yellow, sulphur-colored, amber-colored, straw-colored, primrose- colored, creamcolored, xanthocarpous, xanthochroid, xanthopous, yellow as a quince, yellow as a guinea, yellow as a crow's foot, warm, advancing.
N orange, red and yellow, gold, or, flame color, ocher, Mars'orange, cadmium, cardinal bird, cardinal flower, cardinal grosbeak, cardinal lobelia (a flowering plant), orange, ochreous, orange-colored, gold-colored, flame-colored, copper-colored, brass-colored, apricot-colored, warm, hot, glowing.