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waiting-room

waiting-room is the dated form of waiting room.

Meaning of waiting room

Noun

waiting room (plural waiting rooms)

  1. A room in a public place for people to wait.
    • In the third place, by its situation it serves only for a waiting-room, and a passage to the principal apartments, instead of being reserved, as it ought to be, for entertaining company […]1817, Henry Horne, Elements of criticism

Forms of waiting-room

pluralwaiting-rooms

Questions about waiting-room

What is waiting-room the dated form of?
Waiting-room is the dated form of waiting room.

Words near waiting-room in the dictionary

  1. waiting times
  2. waiting to happen
  3. waiting up
  4. waiting upon
  5. waiting upon hand and foot
  6. waiting-room
  7. waiting-rooms
  8. waitingly
  9. waitings
  10. waitlist
  11. waitlisted

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