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

A maximalist salon collides with a backstage circus dressing room in the Silver Lake apartment of stylist Wendi Weger, whose delightful fusion of art and fashion is behind the Curatorial Dept. in Atwater Village.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

"He is a phenomenal talent, is very well liked in dressing room as well and seems to be one of those guys who is good at everything he does, which will be incredibly annoying."

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

I'd nod my head, envisioning a pair of glistening lips lying forsaken on the floor of some nightclub dressing room.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

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