I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a departure lounge (= a room at an airport where people wait before their flights leave )
bedroom/lounge etc
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The bedroom was large and comfortable with a view of the river.
cocktail lounge
departure lounge
lounge bar
lounge in a chair (= sit in one in a very relaxed way )
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Everyone was outside, lounging in chairs in the sun.
lounge suit
sun lounge
transit lounge
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
comfortable
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Breakfast is taken on a pleasant terrace, or in a large room which doubles as a comfortable lounge during the evenings.
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There are two comfortable lounges with open fires, one with a large collection of books for guests to read.
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She led them down a narrow corridor and into a comfortable lounge .
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Public rooms include a spacious reception with comfortable lounge and bar area and a fresh, spacious breakfast room.
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Environmental impacts have been minimised by using local woods and grasses to build the huts and the comfortable lounge and bar area.
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The Lido Palace facilities include comfortable lounges , a breakfast room, a spacious dining-room and a well-stocked bar.
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There is a comfortable beamed bar lounge where snacks are served.
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There are three bedrooms, each with a private bathroom, a comfortable guest lounge , and a dining room.
elegant
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Built in 1904, there is an intimate, galleried restaurant and elegant lounges where a pianist plays each evening.
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There is an elegant lounge and restaurant, a bar, and live music twice a week.
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Piggy-wig was in the kitchen, Dionne opened a bottle of white wine and they sat in the elegant grey-blue lounge .
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There is an elegant lounge and a pianist entertains guests in the piano bar several times a week.
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There is an air of opulent grandeur in the several elegant lounges , a pretty terrace and restaurant offering a good choice.
large
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Spacious family houses or very large bungalows with five or more bedrooms, two or three bathrooms, large lounge studies etc.
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A large airy lounge and adjoining deck make ideal places to relax after a day of hiking.
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The large high-ceilinged lounge is beamed and in winter is made cosy by a roaring log fire.
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Facilities include a large , comfortable lounge , a traditional stube and a Viennese cafe.
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A pianist plays twice a week in the small, genteel bar and the large lounge .
main
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Entering the railway hotel he ordered a pot of coffee and sat in the main lounge with his back to the stairs.
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He went through the green door in the Customs Hall and out into the main lounge .
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Then you turn and run into the main lounge .
small
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While Midge and Angela had tea, the three men sat in one of the smallest lounges .
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They even had a small lounge where they could, if they so desired, impersonate Nero.
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There is a small lounge and a light modern breakfast room.
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Within, the hotel is simple and friendly with a small lounge and a breakfast room.
spacious
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The spacious lounge with its well-stocked bar is furnished in soft peachy colours and attractive cane-backed chairs.
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It has a spacious lounge , and a traditional stube where you can enjoy drinks with the locals.
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Inside, there is a spacious lounge and bar, traditionally furnished with cool marble floors.
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There is a spacious lounge and a panoramic restaurant supervised by the owner, Signor Lucibello.
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The spacious lounge has a bar for a relaxing drink and leads out on to a surrounding, shaded terrace.
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The public rooms include a spacious lounge and a ballroom elegantly decorated with corniced ceilings and stylish furnishings.
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The spacious public lounge , well worn decor and useful 24-hour bar make this a rock-band favourite.
■ NOUN
airport
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They strut through the airport lounge , moving en masse.
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The symbol of the new age is the new Euston, an all-purpose combination of airport lounge and open-plan public lavatory.
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Thus, a group is more than an aimless crowd of people waiting in an airport lounge or at a bus-stop.
area
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The work also involves relocating the kitchen and lounge area to the ground floor and resiting the main entrance.
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The caf lounge area has cushy chairs and plenty of caffeinated and herbal remedies to nurture patrons of the arts.
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Superior rooms have a lounge area .
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You should not arrive early as we are most unlikely to have waiting space available in the lounge area .
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Other facilities include a restaurant, bar and lounge area , indoor swimming pool, own shops and hairdresser.
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Public rooms include attractive lounge areas , a bar and two good restaurants.
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There is a large foyer with pleasant lounge area and an intimate bar and a restaurant.
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Public rooms include a bar with lounge area and wine cellar.
bar
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There is a comfortable beamed bar lounge where snacks are served.
chair
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The hotel features a pleasant swimming pool with sun terrace, lounge chairs and large lawns for sunbathing.
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Individual desks are the norm, as opposed to tables, lounge chairs , or work stations.
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Sometimes she sits in a lounge chair on the back porch and stares off into space.
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He was reclining on the lounge chair which had been his cradle during his trip through space.
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Billy got off his lounge chair now, went into the bathroom and took a leak.
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An old man had occupied the lipstick-red lounge chair beside her.
cocktail
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At the restaurant they were ushered into a small, extremely hot cocktail lounge .
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The gallery looks so much like a cocktail lounge you may be tempted to ask a guard for a martini.
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They oversee the hotels' restaurants, cocktail lounges , and banquet facilities.
departure
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Moments before boarding I caught a glimpse of a television set in the departure lounge .
hotel
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The pub is like a five-star hotel lounge: huge windows and modern chairs.
suit
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He was wearing a decent black cloth lounge suit , and had no intentions of changing his mode of attire.
sun
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The sun lounge with its comfortable settees is ideal to relax in.
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A sun lounge , verandah or covered porch?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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the airport's departure lounge
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In the lounge Lord Beddington was taking a short rest after the exigencies of luncheon.
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The car itself had the look of a narrow lounge in a posh London pub.
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The origins of the hotel are also apparent in the impressive entrance hall, cocktail bar and lounge .
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There's no dining room or lounge , but guests can have a self-service breakfast for £2.50.
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They brought him magazines from the staff lounge and extra cigarettes.
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They oversee the hotels' restaurants, cocktail lounges, and banquet facilities.
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What use would it have been if I had gone into the lounge without something like that?
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
about
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If there was work to do, you did it, with no lounging about .
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Lawns were not about lounging or being seen in public.
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Stockings and petticoats, discarded for the wash, lounged about in here, flung over the back of a carved armchair.
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Whales have been lounging about and eating plankton for some fifty million years.
around
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And as for the three highlanders lounging around the spikey Volkswagen.
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To order, turn to page 148 Lounge around in style in this fabulous tunic top with matching leggings.
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Mostly we spend our days across the road at the Atlantis, lounging around the pool or on the beach.
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She mingled with the crowds of young, untidy foreigners who lounged around the base of the statue in Piccadilly Circus.
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It has a large pool to lounge around , and attentive barman Tassos is on hand to top up your glass.
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When lounging around I find these tend to dig in at the hips.
back
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He was lounging back against the tree trunk a few yards away, consulting his compass and studying the map intently.
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I lounged back in my pouch-seat, smiling with satisfaction.
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Parkin lounged back in his chair.
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The sergeant lounged back in his chair and gnawed the end of his pen.
■ NOUN
chair
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The man lounged easily in his chair and Holly stood.
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Margarett snaps Miss Sheldon, chaperone of the Florentine School, and two schoolmates lounging on deck chairs .
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They lounge round my chair now, staring at the chaplain and licking their lips.
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The royal favourite sat in a quilted window seat whilst young Edward lounged in a chair near him.
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She was too conscious of Piers lounging in the chair opposite her to relax.
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Except Basueldo, who lounged in his chair , his arm casually around a cushion.
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Selkirk sat alongside him, lounging in a chair .
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Parkin lounged back in his chair .
man
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John's more practical eye had noted the men lounging at the doors of what had been monastic cells.
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Teen-agers and young men lounge on park benches or gather around video games inside a general store.
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The man lounged easily in his chair and Holly stood.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Are you the sort of person who likes to lounge in bed at the weekend?
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I dried off, then lounged on a hammock at the poolside.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A few steamers lounge in the blue water.
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And as for the three highlanders lounging around the spikey Volkswagen.
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I lounged on the couch in the attic sitting-room, pyramidal in shape with deep-set windows.
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I dried off and lounged on the ledge of tiles that formed a long sitting area opposite the pool.
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Margarett snaps Miss Sheldon, chaperone of the Florentine School, and two schoolmates lounging on deck chairs.
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The sergeant lounged back in his chair and gnawed the end of his pen.