dressing room

noun

: a room used chiefly for dressing
especially : a room in a theater for changing costumes and makeup

Examples of dressing room in a Sentence

He waited in his dressing room until it was time for him to appear on stage.
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At the beginning of the fourth episode, Swift is chilling with her people in a dressing room so massive that her mom comments on the size. Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025 More noticeably, there was that welcoming smile that some folks in the crowded Landmark dressing room had not seen in ages. Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 12 Dec. 2025 Niko Mikkola stood at his stall in a silent, mostly empty Florida Panthers dressing room Thursday night and essentially summed up the team’s homestand to this point in one sentence. Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 6 Dec. 2025 Over five years infrastructure issues there and at the stadium have been addressed, with a new gym and new pitches installed this summer at the former and a new pitch, new dressing room and tunnel areas and hospitality upgrades at the latter. Michael Walker, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dressing room

Word History

First Known Use

1659, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dressing room was in 1659

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“Dressing room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dressing%20room. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.

Kids Definition

dressing room

noun
: a room (as in a theater) used for dressing
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