Lounge

Pronunciation

• IPA: /laÊŠndÊ’/

Full definition of lounge

Noun

1. A waiting room in an office, airport etc.
2. A domestic living room.
• 1954, Alexander Alderson, The Subtle Minotaur, chapter 18: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.
3. An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.
4. A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.
5. The act of one who lounges; idle reclining.
• 1849, The Knickerbocker (volume 33, page 198)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.

Synonyms

• (living room) loungeroom (Australia)
• (pub) See also

Verb

1. To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
• J. HannayWe lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over politics.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• lugeon