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

Forward Conor Sheary added to the Capitals’ injury woes Monday when he limped down the tunnel to the dressing room after a collision with Boston’s Sean Kuraly at the blue line just before Carlo’s winning goal.

From Washington Post

Eller, who was slow to get up and was tentatively looked at by trainer Jason Serbus, went straight down the tunnel to the dressing room.

From Washington Post

When it’s over both sides declare victory as Wallace retreats to his dressing room to ingest Xanax pills through a funnel.

From Washington Post

Tapings were conducted in October, with some of the 18 actors in their dressing rooms, others in makeshift home studios, and all of them on Zoom.

From Washington Post

Adequate dressing rooms are also one of the myriad requirements for bringing live shows back to Las Vegas, which is just starting to happen this month.

From Washington Post

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg