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.
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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 See all Example Sentences for dressing room 

Word History

First Known Use

1662, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dressing room was in 1662

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“Dressing room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dressing%20room. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

dressing room

noun
: a room (as in a theater) used for dressing
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