or

Meanings

Plural: ors

Noun

a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
Alternative form of OR.
The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.

Conj

Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc., each of which could make a passage true.
An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
Connects two equivalent names.

Adj

Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.

Adv

Early (on).
Earlier, previously.

Prep

Before; ere. Generally followed by "ever" or "e'er".

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English or; partially contracted from other, auther, from Old English āþor, āwþer, āhwæþer ("some, any, either"; > either); and partially from Middle English oththe, from Old English oþþe, from Proto-Germanic *efþau (“or”).

Synonyms

Beaver State, gold, o., operating room, operating theater, operating theatre, Or, Oregon, surgery

Scrabble Score: 2

or is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
or is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
or is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 2

or is a valid Words With Friends word