Health / B1

WAYT-ingr-oom/ˈweɪtɪŋ ruːm/

A waiting room (id: waiting-room) is where you sit until a doctor, dentist, or clerk calls you. A lounge can be more comfortable (airport lounge); a reception is the desk. Collocation: in the waiting room; take a seat. Countable. Hyphen in the id; two words in ordinary spelling.

Meaning

A room where people wait, for example at a doctor’s or a station.

Examples

• “Please take a seat in the waiting room until they call your name.”
• “The GP waiting room was full of people with colds.”
• “There are no plugs in the station waiting room, so charge your phone first.”

Good to know

a waiting room. Contrast: a lounge / reception. in the waiting room.

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