WAITING LINE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does waiting line mean? 

• WAITING LINE (noun)
  The noun WAITING LINE has 1 sense:

1. a line of people or vehicles waiting for something

  Familiarity information: WAITING LINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WAITING LINE (noun)

Meaning:

A line of people or vehicles waiting for something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

queue; waiting line

Hypernyms ("waiting line" is a kind of...):

line (a formation of people or things one behind another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "waiting line"):

bread line; breadline (a queue of people waiting for free food)

checkout line (a queue of people waiting to pay for purchases)

chow line (a queue of people waiting for food to be served (especially at a military camp))

gas line (a queue of vehicles waiting to purchase gasoline)

reception line (a line of people (hosts and guests of honor) who welcome the guests at a reception party)

ticket line (a queue of people waiting to buy tickets)

unemployment line (a queue of people waiting for employment)