workshop

1. A room, area, or small establishment where manual or light industrial work is done.
2. An educational seminar or series of meetings emphasizing interaction and exchange of information among a usually small number of participants: a creative writing workshop.

A building or room used for handi-craft work.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done
  Synonym: shop

Meaning #2: a brief intensive course for a small group; emphasizes problem solving

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This article is about mechanical engineering. For other uses, see Workshop (disambiguation).

This museum workshop containing tools and supplies has been in use for decades.

A workshop is a room or building which provides both the area and tools (or machinery) that may be required for the manufacture or repair of manufactured goods. Apart from the larger factories, workshops were the only places of production in the days before industrialisation.

In transport industries, workshops can be distinguished from garages, which are primarily used for storage, servicing and minor repairs.

In education, a workshop is a brief intensive course, a seminar or a series of meetings emphasizing interaction and exchange of information among a usually small number of participants.

In art, a workshop can be another name for a large studio that involves assistants or can be the name given to lessons taught by an artist where skills are shared with students.

E-workshops is the use of Internet technologies to provide workshop meetings, emphasizing interaction and exchange of information normally between a supplier and its customer. Usually with a small number of participants which are located in different locations. In practice E-workshops is more than just webmeetings, videoconferances or e-meetings by creating a customer test environment for interaction and focuses deeply into the solution for the customer. E-workshop is normally the start of a consultative project as it can define a project objectives, organisation and strategy.

External links

DIYinfo.org's - In The Workshop Wiki

v • d • e Room Rooms Atrium • Attic • Alcove • Basement / Cellar • Bathroom • Ballroom • Bedroom (or Nursery, for infants or small children) • Closet • Conservatory • Dining room • Family room or Den • Drawing room • Foyer • Front room (in various senses of the phrase) • Garage • Great room • Hallway/Passage • Kitchen • Larder • Laundry room • Library • Living room • Lobby • Loft • Loggia • Nook • Office or Study • Pantry • Parlour • Recreation room / Rumpus room / Television room • Shrines to serve the religious functions associated with a family • Stairwell • Sunroom • Storage room / Box room • Workshop Related Porch • Balcony • Portico

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - værksted, gruppediskussion, seminar
v. tr. - afholde et seminar

Nederlands (Dutch)
werkplaats, fabriekshal, bijeenkomst van een studiegroep

Français (French)
n. - (Ind) atelier, atelier (consacré à)
v. tr. - organiser un atelier de théâtre (consacré à une pièce)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Werkstatt, Fabrikhalle, Arbeitstreffen
v. - eine Werkstatt machen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εργαστήριο, συνεργείο

Italiano (Italian)
officina, laboratorio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - oficina (f)

Русский (Russian)
мастерская, цех, рабочая группа, семинар

Español (Spanish)
n. - taller, estudio, seminario
v. tr. - presentar (una obra) en forma preliminar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - verkstad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
工厂, 研讨会, 开研讨会

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 工廠, 研討會
v. tr. - 開研討會

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 일터, 직장, 연수회
v. tr. - 심도 깊은 집단 토론 등을 거쳐 사전 이행을 해 보다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 仕事場, 工場, 研究会

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مشغل, ورشه, معمل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סדנה, בית-מלאכה‬
v. tr. - ‮הציג (מחזה) בסיוע דיון קבוצתי רציני ואלתור כדי לעמוד מראש על היבטים בהפקת ההצגה‬

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