queues
nounUK /kjuːz/
US /kjuːz/
Lines of people or things waiting for their turn.
The children stood in long queues outside the museum.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. Plural of queue, a sequence of items waiting to be processed, as in computing.
The printer handles several print queues at once.
3. Braids of hair worn hanging down the back.
She tied her hair into two neat queues.
4. In British usage, a line of vehicles waiting in traffic.
Traffic queues stretched for miles on the motorway.