Meaning of Lounge | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A place where one can lounge; an area, establishment, house etc. where loungers gather and where one can relax and be at ease.
   archaic
2. A couch.
   Australia, archaic
3. The act of someone who lounges; idle reclining.
4. A room of a house for casual relaxing and entertaining.
   British, especially
5. A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.
6. A waiting room in an office, airport etc.
7. An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.

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Examples

“He […] prevailed on Captain Musgrave to introduce him to a family, where he supposed he might find a monstrous good lounge for the rest of the time he was to be quartered in the neighbourhood.”

“Every search for him was equally unsuccessful, in morning lounges or evening assemblies.”

“One morning she accompanied Madame de Soissons to the fair, then the favourite lounge and amusement. The Comtesse bought every trifle that caught her eye, while Francesca looked on.”

“That is, he devoted his waking hours to lounges among the habitués of Chestnut-street, and lollings in an arm-chair of 'Squire Coke in Walnut-street.”

“Near-synonyms: den, living room, sitting room, parlour, parlor, rec room”

“Let's go hang out in the lounge.”

“The lounge was furnished in old English oak and big Knole settees. There were rugs from Tabriz and Kerman on the highly polished floor. […] A table lamp was fashioned from a silver Egyptian hookah.”

“Near-synonyms: bar, pub, divan; see also Thesaurus:pub”

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