changing room

American  

noun

British.

changing rooms plural

1. a locker room, usually with showers, for athletes.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• changing rooms
  plural

Etymology

Origin of changing room

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

Players from both teams were spotted on exercise bikes or kicking balls around in the changing room, trying to keep active before the restart.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

"I remember going into the St Mirren changing room before one of my first starts and Stevie Thompson said, 'It's your jersey now, keep it'. And that stuck in my head my whole career."

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Due to the size of the boutique and only having one changing room, shoppers are booked in for private appointments.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

In his opening arguments, Haytham Faraj, an attorney for the plaintiffs, said Orellana-Peralta and her mother had hidden in a changing room on the second floor amid the commotion of the police response.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

She went back into the changing room and came out with some kind of pack.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins