waiting room
compound. A2 Elementary
compound. a room where people sit and wait for an appointment, such as at a doctor's office or a dentist.
compound. a room provided for people to wait in before an appointment or meeting.
The doctor is busy, so please wait in the waiting room.
Patients sat quietly in the waiting room, reading magazines while they waited for their names to be called.
The sterile, fluorescent-lit waiting room felt interminable, filled with the low hum of a television and the anxious shuffling of those awaiting news.