facility

1. A building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry (synset 103319968)
   "the assembly plant is an enormous facility"
   is a type of: artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole
   subtypes:

   • airfield, field, flying field, landing field - a place where planes take off and land
   • arboretum, botanical garden - a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition
   • athletic facility - a facility for athletic events
   • backroom - the meeting place of a group of leaders who make their decisions via private negotiations
   • cafeteria facility - (usually plural) facilities for providing food for employees or visitors
   • communication equipment, communication system - facility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating information
   • course - facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
   • deposit, depositary, depository, repository - a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
   • drive-in - any installation designed to accommodate patrons in their automobiles
   • assembly, forum, meeting place - a public facility to meet for open discussion
   • gas system - facility (plant and equipment) for providing natural-gas service
   • menagerie, zoo, zoological garden - the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
   • military installation - any facility servicing military forces
   • grid, power grid, power system - a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region
   • range - a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds
   • recreation facility, recreational facility - a public facility for recreation
   • sewage system, sewage works, sewer system - facility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage
   • source - a facility where something is available
   • station - a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
   • transit, transportation, transportation system - a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
   • utility - a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal
   • water, water supply, water system - a facility that provides a source of water
   same as: installation
2. Skillful performance or ability without difficulty (synset 105650020)
   "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer"
   is a type of: skillfulness - the state of being cognitively skillful
   subtypes:

   • touch - deftness in handling matters
   • dexterity, manual dexterity, sleight - adroitness in using the hands
   same as: adeptness, adroitness, deftness, quickness
3. A natural effortlessness (synset 104716072)
   "they conversed with great facility"; "a happy readiness of conversation"
   is a type of: effortlessness - the quality of requiring little effort
   same as: readiness
4. Something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service (synset 100586443)
   "catering facilities"; "toilet facilities"; "educational facilities"
   is a type of: artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole
   subtypes: comfort station, convenience, public convenience, public lavatory, public toilet, restroom, toilet facility, wash room - a toilet that is available to the public
5. A service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you (synset 100579586)
   "a cell phone with internet facility"
   is a type of: service - work done by one person or group that benefits another

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