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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How the headline went down in his dressing room is anybody’s guess. Phil Hay, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025 He was accused of assaulting her in a department store dressing room in 1996 and later defaming her. Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2025 He’s got a lot of energy, seems happy, and loves to be at the rink, in the dressing room, or on the ice. Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025 Meanwhile, wrote Norman Mailer, in Foreman’s dressing room, one of his cornermen, former light heavyweight Archie Moore, also felt dread. Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for dressing room 

Word History

First Known Use

1662, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 29 Jan. 2025.

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dressing room

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