lounge
noun [C] /laʊndʒ/Definition
› UK the room in a house or apartment that is used for relaxing and entertaining guests: All the family were sitting in the lounge watching television.Rooms C1 a room in a hotel, airport, theatre, etc. where people can relax or wait: an airport lounge a cocktail loungeRoomsWaitingStaying and remaining
(Definition of lounge noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- await verb
- hang around (somewhere) phrasal verb
- hang on phrasal verb (WAIT)
- hold off phrasal verb (NOT DO)
- hold out for sth phrasal verb
- hover verb
- queue verb
- ready adjective (PREPARED)
- sit back phrasal verb (WAITING)
- sit sth out phrasal verb (SITUATION)
- stand by phrasal verb (BE READY)
- stand verb (PLACE)
- time and tide wait for no man idiom
- wait for it idiom
- wait in phrasal verb
- wait on sth phrasal verb
- wait sth out phrasal verb
- wait up phrasal verb
- wait verb
- wait your turn idiom
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