greenroom

American  

[green-room, -room] / ˈgrinˌrum, -ˌrʊm /

noun

1. a lounge in a theater, broadcasting studio, or the like, for use by performers when they are not onstage, on camera, etc.

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greenroom British  

/ ˈɡriːnˌruːm, -ˌrʊm /

noun

1. (esp formerly) a backstage room in a theatre where performers may rest or receive visitors

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Etymology

Origin of greenroom

1695–1705; green + room, probably so called because originally painted green

Example Sentences

After his interview, Bovino and three Border Patrol agents strolled into the greenroom to grab some homemade cookies while I sat on a couch.

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“When I’d see the comics come up into the greenroom and their faces, it was like ‘Oh, I feel so like they were just reverted to their childhoods,’” she said.

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There was a moment earlier where Sterling choked on the grape in the greenroom.

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“I literally could start crying right now, because I miss the theater so much,” Harner says during an interview in Pasadena Playhouse’s cozy subterranean greenroom.

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She rounded out the momentous day by doing press and appearing on talk shows, complete with live studio audiences singing “Happy Birthday” and cake in every greenroom.

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