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Definition of "waiting-room" []

  • A room for the use of persons waiting, as at a railway-station or a public office. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "waiting-room" in a sentence
  • "Ironically, the United States share a common creed with a large number of non-democratic states; huddled together with Japan, South Korea and India -- countries with very distinctive ideas of justice based on honor, retribution and religion -- America sits uneasily in the waiting-room of executioners."
  • "The day after my arrival I went into the old church, the body of which is now used as a warehouse, while one side of it bordering the railway line provides accommodation for the waiting-room and various offices."
  • "Moving the reference back of the committee's report, she said: I picked up those copies in my doctor's waiting-room."