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

In an interview with the Paramount+ show “The Ready Room,” Ms. Wersching described playing the Borg Queen as “certainly a little intimidating.”

From New York Times

The achievement and determination required to successfully transition from a sharecropper shack in Mississippi to the ready room of a combat squadron of naval aviators deserve praise; to accomplish that as a Black man in the ’40s justly deserves a book and a movie — and a more enlightened review.

From Washington Post

The moment he walked into the pilot’s ready room on the ship, a group of intelligence officers began firing questions.

From Literature

“I was watching it before I came to the ready room and I was like, Jeez, this kid’s insane, she definitely got the blood flowing. She got me pumped up.”

From Seattle Times

Before the race, the field gathered in the ready room.

From Washington Post