dressing room

American  

noun

• dressing rooms
  plural

1. a room for use in getting dressed, especially one for performers backstage in a theater, television studio, etc.

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dressing room British  

noun

1. theatre a room backstage for an actor to change clothing and to make up

2. any room used for changing clothes, such as one at a sports ground or off a bedroom

3. (in sport, esp soccer) a sense of camaraderie or team spirit

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• dressing rooms
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of dressing room

First recorded in 1665–75

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Example Sentences

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dressing room

When the song outgrows the blue-ribbon crowd, they’re flown to Los Angeles for one nationally televised performance before falling out in a bit of dressing room melodrama.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

She sits in front of a mirror in a dressing room at the National Operetta Theater.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Alan Cumming is in his dressing room on the set of “The Traitors,” where a rack of flamboyant costumes hangs behind him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Pietersen was the most intriguing of appointments to England's dressing room staff because of his own history, but also what he has said before.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

But when he finally leaves for the dressing room, I lean my elbows on her desk.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

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