workplace - a place where work is done; "he arrived at work early today"beehive - any workplace where people are very busy central, telephone exchange, exchange - a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication colliery, pit - a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it creamery - a workplace where dairy products (butter and cheese etc.) are produced or sold drill site - workplace that is the site of a drill hole exchange - a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members farm - workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit; "it takes several people to work the farm" fishery, piscary - a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold fish farm - a workplace (usually a pond) where fish are raised for food smithy, forge - a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering gasworks - the workplace where coal gas is manufactured ironworks - the workplace where iron is smelted or where iron goods are made job - a workplace; as in the expression "on the job"; laundry - workplace where clothes are washed and ironed location - a workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made; "they shot the film on location in Nevada" locker room - a room (as at an athletic facility or workplace) where you can change clothes and which contains lockers for the temporary storage of your clothing and personal possessions lumberyard - a workplace where lumber is stocked for sale rope yard, ropewalk - workplace consisting of a long narrow path or shed where rope is made roundhouse - workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotives shipyard - a workplace where ships are built or repaired shop floor - workplace consisting of the part of a factory housing the machines; "the productive work is done on the shop floor" studio - workplace for the teaching or practice of an art; "she ran a dance studio"; "the music department provided studios for their students"; "you don't need a studio to make a passport photograph" studio - workplace consisting of a room or building where movies or television shows or radio programs are produced and recorded tannery - workplace where skins and hides are tanned test bed - a place equipped with instruments for testing (e.g. engines or machinery or computer programs etc.) under working conditions waterworks - workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a community workshop, shop - small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done |