greenroom

noun

green·​room ˈgrēn-ˌrüm How to pronounce greenroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
: a room (as in a theater or studio) where performers can relax before or after appearances

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At five minutes to broadcast—to the second—Oprah bursts from her greenroom, briskly crosses the dark of the wing, and walks onstage to greet and warm up her audience, seated in the round. Nathan Heller, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024 While the band set up, my dad and I were in the greenroom alone. Dessa Dessa Tanya Pérez Alec K. Redfearn, New York Times, 12 June 2024 Jill Stein—the Green Party candidate in 2012 and 2016, and the debate’s front-runner—walked out of her greenroom, refreshed, wearing a pantsuit. Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024 Its summit stood in the northern part of Moscow, in the studios and greenrooms around the Ostankino television tower, home to the biggest broadcasters in the Russian-speaking world. Simon Shuster, TIME, 4 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for greenroom 

Word History

First Known Use

1701, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of greenroom was in 1701

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“Greenroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/greenroom. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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