greenroom
a lounge in a theater, broadcasting studio, or the like, for use by performers when they are not onstage, on camera, etc.
Origin of greenroom
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How to use greenroom in a sentence
These typically self-contained units can be small enough to fit on a countertop or large enough to need an entire greenroom.
Personal Rise Garden review: A simple solution for bad plant parents | Tony Ware | July 22, 2021 | Popular-ScienceDrop into the greenroom then and you will find an astonishing change has taken place.
Worldly Ways and Byways | Eliot GregoryDear Mr. Allen came into the greenroom, and had a long gossip with me.
Records of a Girlhood | Frances Ann KembleSoon the little halfpenny boulevard papers spoke of it, and Dumesnil heard of it one evening in the greenroom at the Odéon.
Artist and Model | Ren de Pont-JestThe greenroom caters especially to managers, and The Friars was founded by press agents.
The Footlights Fore and Aft | Channing Pollock
She had admirers enough in the greenroom, but awakened no abiding affection among the audience.
Selected Stories | Bret Harte
British Dictionary definitions for greenroom
/ (ˈɡriːnˌruːm, -ˌrʊm) /
(esp formerly) a backstage room in a theatre where performers may rest or receive visitors
Origin of greenroom
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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