Definition of "waiting room" [waiting room]

• A room, as in a railroad station or physician's office, for the use of people waiting. (noun)

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• "The questions that Noelle Lange and Rose Sakowitz and all the other people down in the waiting room wanted me to ask."
• "Dr. Nath walked into the waiting room to address the family."
• "Tatiana Vasilievna spends a lot of time in the waiting room because she likes the director, my boss."