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| field house |
a large building, usu. located at a college or university, suitable for indoor athletic activities, esp. track events, basketball, or gymnastics. [1/2 definitions] |
| fireplace |
an indoor recess in a chimney, in which fires can be made; hearth. [1/2 definitions] |
| gym shoe |
a rubber-soled canvas shoe intended to be worn for indoor sports; sneaker. |
| marketplace |
an outdoor or indoor area where merchants sell their various goods. [1/3 definitions] |
| out |
outdoors, or away to a place other than one's ordinary indoor location. [1/29 definitions] |
| rabbit ears |
(informal) an indoor television antenna consisting of a plastic base and two extendable, swiveling, vertical rods. |
| room temperature |
a comfortable indoor temperature or the temperature prevailing indoors without excessive heating or chilling. |
| vivarium |
an indoor place where live animals or plants are kept for study or observation. |
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