green room

See also: greenroom

English

Etymology

Attested at least as early as 1701.

Noun

green room (plural green rooms)

In a television studio, theatre or concert hall, the room where performers await their entrance.
(surfing) The inside of a tube (i.e. of a wave making a tube).
1996: Never quite got covered up, but stood in the doorway to the green room with the lip feathering over my shoulders several times — Surfer Bob

Synonyms

(room for performers): tiring-room, tiring-house

Translations

room for the performers

Finnish: lämpiö (fi)

Russian: артисти́ческое фойе́ n (artistíčeskoje fojé), актёрская убо́рная f (aktjórskaja ubórnaja)

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