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Definition of lounge noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

lounge

noun
 
/laʊndʒ/
 
/laʊndʒ/
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  1. a room for waiting in at an airport, etc.
    • the departure lounge
    • the VIP/business lounge
    Topics Transport by airb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • airport
    • arrivals
    • departure
    preposition
    • in a/​the lounge
    See full entry
  2. a public room in a hotel, club, etc. for waiting or relaxing in
    • the television lounge
    Topics Holidaysb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • cocktail
    • coffee
    • karaoke
    lounge + noun
    • area
    • bar
    • room
    preposition
    • in a/​the lounge
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  3. (British English) a room in a private house for sitting and relaxing in synonym living room see also sun loungeTopics Houses and homesb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • cocktail
    • coffee
    • karaoke
    lounge + noun
    • area
    • bar
    • room
    preposition
    • in a/​the lounge
    See full entry
  4. (British English) = lounge bar
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • cocktail
    • coffee
    • karaoke
    lounge + noun
    • area
    • bar
    • room
    preposition
    • in a/​the lounge
    See full entry
  5. Word Originearly 16th cent. (in the sense ‘move lazily’): perhaps symbolic of slow movement. Senses 1 to 3 of the noun date from the late 19th cent.
See lounge in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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