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green room en · NOUN

Etymology

First appears c. 1701 in the writings of Colley Cibber.

Meanings

  1. In a television studio, theatre or concert hall, the room where performers await their entrance.
    • There are three smaller rooms he can use as rehearsal space or dressing rooms or green rooms, according to need. 2016, Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed, Chapter 12, page 80:
  2. The inside of a tube (a cylindrical wave).
    • Never quite got covered up, but stood in the doorway to the green room with the lip feathering over my shoulders several times 1996, Surfer Bob, archived from the original on 30 Dec 2005:

Forms

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Synonyms

tiring-house · tiring-room

Translations (4)

fi lämpiö (room for the performers) · ru артисти́ческое фойе́ (room for the performers) · ru актёрская убо́рная (room for the performers) · pl pokój dla aktorów za kulisami (room for the performers)

wikipedia: Colley Cibber