dressing room

noun

1. a room for use in getting dressed, especially one for performers backstage in a theater, television studio, etc.

dressing room

noun

1. theatre a room backstage for an actor to change clothing and to make up
2. any room used for changing clothes, such as one at a sports ground or off a bedroom
3. (in sport, esp soccer) a sense of camaraderie or team spirit

Word History and Origins

Origin of dressing room¹

First recorded in 1665–75

Example Sentences

We say our hellos, and he guides me backstage, up three flights of stairs, and into his dressing room.

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At halftime somebody had come into the dressing room and told us Pearl Harbor had been bombed by the Japs.

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By the time he returned to his dressing room, his career had skyrocketed.

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In one script, Monica is waiting in a dressing room to appear on a morning television show.

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When he had dressed he autographed his way through the crowd outside the dressing room door and he met his wife.

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Do not accompany them to the dressing-room, and never stop them in the hall for a last word.

From Project Gutenberg

In the dressing-room, do not push forward to the mirror if you see that others are before you there.

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Avoid all confidential communications or private remarks in the dressing-room.

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Meanwhile the man of the dressing room was busy locating Mr. Cordyce of the Cordyce Mills.

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He had gone, in fact, to the dressing room, where boys of all sizes were putting on sandals and running trunks.

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