green room

noun

In a television studio, theatre or concert hall, the room where performers await their entrance.

Meanings

noungreen room (plural green rooms)

plural green rooms · alternative greenroom · alternative green-room

  1. In a television studio, theatre or concert hall, the room where performers await their entrance.

    There are three smaller rooms he can use as rehearsal space or dressing rooms or green rooms, according to need.

    2016, Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed, Chapter 12, page 80

    Synonyms: tiring-house, tiring-room

  2. hobbiesThe inside of a tube (a cylindrical wave).

    Never quite got covered up, but stood in the doorway to the green room with the lip feathering over my shoulders several times

    1996, Surfer Bob, archived from the original on 30 Dec 2005

Synonyms & antonyms

nounIn a television studio, theatre or concert hall, the room where performers await their entrance.

Origin

First appears c. 1701 in the writings of Colley Cibber.

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Translations

Finnish takahuone, lämpiö
  • takahuoneroom for the performers
  • lämpiöroom for the performers
Polish pokój dla aktorów za kulisami
  • pokój dla aktorów za kulisamiroom for the performers
Russian артисти́ческое фойе́, актёрская убо́рная
  • артисти́ческое фойе́ (artistíčeskoje fojjé)room for the performers
  • актёрская убо́рная (aktjórskaja ubórnaja)room for the performers
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Chicago

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