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Definition of "greenroom" [green•room]

  • A waiting room or lounge for the use of performers when they are offstage, as in a theater or concert hall. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "greenroom" in a sentence
  • "The function of poetry and the arts is to remind us that the greenroom is the greyest of illusions, and the reality is the drama presented before us, all its paint and tinsel, masks and pageantry, made one in art."
  • "She pulled Bianca aside in the greenroom before they went on."
  • "They return to the greenroom several minutes later in order to squeeze in a few more minutes of practice."