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

Etymology

Origin of dressing room

First recorded in 1665–75

Example Sentences

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dressing room

As Shane sat in the dressing room before Chevy Metal’s set, Jane’s Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins walked in, asking, “Where’s the drummer?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

That may be the biggest question Mourinho has to answer, with the Real dressing room containing Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Jr and Jude Bellingham among a collection of elite players.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Unai Emery's side are using Red Bull Salzburg's home dressing room, leaving PSG with the away one in Austria.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

His treatment of Casillas divided the dressing room.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

I tell both of them about seeing the first spot at Gram’s funeral and then the next ones in the dressing room at the mall.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish