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waiting room

[ wey-ting room, room ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a room for the use of persons waiting, as in a railroad station or a physician's office.

waiting room

a room in which people may wait, as at a railway station, doctor's or dentist's office, etc

First recorded in 1675–85

I was taken to the hospital by ambulance and sat in the ER waiting room for what felt like days.

We pulled in an extra chair from the waiting room and squeezed into her tiny office.

The difficulty came at moments when televisions were shared by mixed groups, like in a clinic waiting room.

The waiting room is ill-kempt, but inside its institutional blue and white walls, there is a surprising sense of tranquility.

We were herded into a chilly waiting room waiting for the Britannia to be refueled.

Half an hour later he stood in the waiting-room at the wealthy banking-house of Curtis & Earle.

Yet the two men in the waiting-room, beholding, turned away, and Sam O'Neill bit a groan through in the middle.

He crossed the bare waiting-room, and turned the knob of the frequented door into the office.

Waiting for a train where I changed cars I was invited to sit in the ticket office, as the waiting room was uncomfortable.

Let his Excellency have this privately and at once,” he said to the man; “I will go into the waiting room.

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