Waiting room meaning in English
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Definition
a waiting room: a lounge or room with chairs, where people can wait (for example before they visit the doctor)
Examples
- "Monique : Please fill out these forms, and have a seat in the waiting room. The nurse will call you in shortly."
- "By the way, I met your French friend in the waiting room. Funny little guy, isn't he?"
Exercise 1
There was an incident in the "rest room".
Another word for the rest room is the:
Another word for the rest room is the:
There was an incident in the "rest room".
Another word for the rest room is the:
Another word for the rest room is the:
This is correct. A "rest room" (US), despite its name, is another term for "the toilets" (UK), or "the bathroom" (US). Icarus was surprised that an attendant in the "rest room" tried to dry his hands with a silk towel.
A coatroom is either a room where coats and jackets can be left temporarily, or in some cases a small lounge. If it is required to pay a small fee to leave your jacket, we call this area the coat check. The incident which Icarus refers to in this dialogue did not take place in the "coatroom" but in the toilets.
Although it sounds like one could "rest" in the "rest room", the term actually refers to the "toilets" or "bathroom" and not to a lounge or waiting area. A waiting room is the area in which people sit before being called in for an appointment (for example) such as one finds at a doctor's office.
Although it sounds like one could "rest" in the "rest room", the term actually refers to the "toilets" or "bathroom" and not to a lounge or waiting area. A "lounge" is a space generally used for relaxing in a home, office or building.
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