English Explanatory Dictionary

green room

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In a television studio, theatre or concert hall, the room where performers await their entrance.
  2. The inside of a tube (a cylindrical wave).

Word forms

green room green rooms greenroom green-room

Etymology

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

Synonyms

tiring-house tiring-room
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