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dressing room
noun
: a room used chiefly for dressing
especially
: a room in a theater for changing costumes and makeup
Examples of dressing room in a Sentence
He waited in his dressing room until it was time for him to appear on stage.
Recent Examples on the Web
Walman left the ice and returned to the Sharks’ dressing room, but returned to the bench shortly after the start of the second period.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
There's nothing wrong with the manager throwing a hand grenade into his own dressing room just to upset a few and keep people on their toes.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
But later that week, an actor who had once shared a dressing room with Reuss in Berlin was in the audience.
—Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
The store is a converted facility storage unit lined with a variety of second-hand shirts, sweaters, pants, shoes, underwear and socks, complete with a small dressing room and check-out register.
—Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1662, in the meaning defined above
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“Dressing room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dressing%20room. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
dressing room
noun
: a room (as in a theater) used for dressing
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