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   lounge

   /laʊn(d)ʒ/

   verb

   • 1. lie, sit, or stand in a relaxed or lazy way: "several students were lounging about reading papers"

   noun

   • 1. a public room in a hotel, theatre, or club in which to sit and relax: "the hotel has a pleasant lounge and bar" Similar public roomsitting roomcommon roomcocktail lounge
   • ▪ a seating area in an airport for waiting passengers: "the departure lounge"
   • ▪ a sitting room in a house. British Similar living roomsitting roomparlourfront roomdrawing roommorning roomreception roomsalonfamily room
   • 2. an act or spell of lounging. British

   Word Origin early 16th century (in the sense ‘move indolently’): perhaps symbolic of slow movement. Sense 1 of the noun dates from the late 19th century.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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