facilities
Buildings and equipment
Facilities are the buildings, equipment, or services available for a particular purpose: The campus has excellent athletic facilities, restroom facilities, manufacturing facilities.
The word often appears in institutional contexts—a company's facilities might include offices, warehouses, and parking structures.
A facility is also an ease or aptitude: She has a facility for languages.
Public toilet facilities
- benchesMulti-person seats or sidelines
- parkingLeaving a vehicle temporarily
- elevatorsVertical passenger conveyances
- escalatorsPowered inclined passenger conveyors
ramps · lighting · lockers · handrails · signage · shelters · showers
Large venue for spectators
- gymnasiumIndoor athletic facility
- arenaVenue for contests
- locker-roomSports facility dressing area
- clubhouseMembers-only gathering place
grandstand · scoreboard · dugout · velodrome · dojo
Desirable features of place
- servicesActs performed for others
- comfortsEases distress; pleasures
- conveniencesUseful household features
- featuresDistinctive qualities or aspects
extras · complimentary · concierge · hospitality · refreshments · recreational · poolside · spa
Constructed enclosed structures
- structuresOrganized physical constructions
- premisesProperty with buildings
- complexHaving many interconnected parts
- campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
compound · headquarters · warehouse · terminal · hangar · barracks · pavilion · annex
Educational instruction spaces
- libraryBook collection or building
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- auditoriumRoom for spectators
- gymnasiumIndoor athletic facility
Professional work location
- boardroomCorporate decision venue
- workplaceEmployment location
- lobbyEntryway or influence-seeking
- receptionAct of receiving guests
cubicles · cafeteria · mailroom · storage · auditorium · atrium
Essential infrastructure services
- sewageLiquid refuse in drains
- substationPower distribution point
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
desalination · reservoir · dam
restrooms
Public toilet facilities
- benchesMulti-person seats or sidelines
- parkingLeaving a vehicle temporarily
- elevatorsVertical passenger conveyances
escalators · ramps · lighting · lockers · handrails · signage · shelters · showers
stadium
Large venue for spectators
- gymnasiumIndoor athletic facility
- arenaVenue for contests
- locker-roomSports facility dressing area
clubhouse · grandstand · scoreboard · dugout · velodrome · dojo
amenities
Desirable features of place
- servicesActs performed for others
- comfortsEases distress; pleasures
- conveniencesUseful household features
features · extras · complimentary · concierge · hospitality · refreshments · recreational · poolside · spa · gym
buildings
Constructed enclosed structures
- structuresOrganized physical constructions
- premisesProperty with buildings
- complexHaving many interconnected parts
campus · compound · headquarters · warehouse · terminal · hangar · barracks · pavilion · annex · wing
classrooms
Educational instruction spaces
- libraryBook collection or building
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- auditoriumRoom for spectators
office
Professional work location
reception · cubicles · cafeteria · mailroom · storage · auditorium · atrium
utilities
Essential infrastructure services
- sewageLiquid refuse in drains
- substationPower distribution point
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
grid · desalination · reservoir · dam
hospital
Medical treatment facility
outpatient · inpatient · operating-room · radiology · morgue · triage · hospice
- Euphemismspass away, passed away, passed on, expecting, with child
- shared servicesHR, payroll, IT support, finance, accounting
- university expensessalaries, staff wages, financial aid, operating costs, administration
- resourcesresources, money, natural resources, human resources, financial resources
- parksplayground, Hyde Park, Yellowstone, Grant Park, picnic table
- business expensespayroll, office rent, salaries, wages, office supplies
facilitiesdeprivation
State of lacking necessities
scarcity · deficiency · inadequacy · shortfall · want
facilitiesprivate property
Individually owned assets
personal effects · household goods · personal items · household items
facilitieswilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
wasteland · undeveloped land · raw land · open country · backcountry
- quarantine facilitiesPlaces for disease separation
- nuclear facilitiesSites for atomic energy
- psychiatric facilitiesHospitals for mental illness
- dining facilitiesSpaces for communal meals
- facilities maintenanceKeeping buildings operational
- club facilitiesServices at private organizations
facility, facilitate, facile, facilitation, facilitator, facilitated, facilitates, facilitating, facilitators