Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

operating theatre

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables: op-er-at-ing the-atre
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A room in a hospital used for performing surgery (originally designed for operations in front of observers).

Inflected Forms

operating theatres (plural) operating theater (alternative)

Synonyms

operating room OT or operating theater surgery

Questions

What does operating theatre mean?: A room in a hospital used for performing surgery (originally designed for operations in front of observers).

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