types:
beehive
any workplace where people are very busy
central,
exchange,
telephone 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
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
forge,
smithy
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
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
studio
workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
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
shop,
workshop
small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done
bindery
a workshop where books are bound
bookbindery
a bookbinder's workshop; a place for binding books
centrex
(CENTRal EXchange) a kind of telephone exchange
chop shop
a place where stolen cars are disassembled for their parts
croft
a small farm worked by a crofter
home-farm
a farm that supplies the needs of a large estate of establishment
Laundromat,
launderette
a self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers
machine shop
workshop where metal is cut and shaped etc., by machine tools
pottery
a workshop where clayware is made
sewage farm
a farm that is irrigated and fertilized with raw sewage
sheltered workshop
a workshop that offers jobs to members of the physically or developmentally disabled population
turnery
workshop where objects are made on a lathe
washhouse
a building or outbuilding where laundry is done