waiting room
waiting room
English
Noun
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Definition
A room in a public place for people to wait.
Etymology
From waiting + room. Compare Dutch wachtruimte (“waiting room, waiting area”), German Warterraum (“waiting room”).
Example Sentences
- "In the third place, by its situation it serves only for a waiting-room, and a passage to the principal apartments, instead of being reserved, as it ought to be, for entertaining company […]"
- "A blind bearing the monogram G.V.T. is pulled down over the waiting room window as if still in mourning for the passing of the railway."
- "To lovers of Victoriana it will not be necessary to enlarge on the original beauty of many [old stations], but to the modern traveller romantic nostalgia will not compensate for bleak, draughty waiting rooms, ancient sanitation, uncomfortable grimy seats and gas lighting; he is likely to prefer the comforts of a modern car on a winter's morning."
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