ready room

noun

1. a room in which members of an aircrew await their orders for takeoff.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ready room¹

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45

Example Sentences

Keeping to himself in a corner of the ready room before the race, Dressel didn’t sit in the chair reserved for him, choosing to stand off to the side.

From Time

We would sit around the "Ready Room" playing cards and discussing past missions.

From Project Gutenberg

From there they went to the Ready Room where all the up-to-the-minute flight data was posted on the huge black-board.

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I was in my office at nine the next morning, after seven and a half hours of sleep on one of the bunks in the ready room.

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We Put it on the table in our Ready Room where we spent our time relaxing.

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And together they made their way to the Ready-Room on the hangar deck.

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