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DRESSING ROOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dressing room mean? 

DRESSING ROOM (noun)
  The noun DRESSING ROOM has 1 sense:

1. a room in which you can change clothesplay

  Familiarity information: DRESSING ROOM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DRESSING ROOM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A room in which you can change clothes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dressing room" is a kind of...):

room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)

Holonyms ("dressing room" is a part of...):

bathhouse; bathing machine (a building containing dressing rooms for bathers)

abode; domicile; dwelling; dwelling house; habitation; home (housing that someone is living in)

house; theater; theatre (a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented)


 Context examples 


It would be excellent and charming, and I shall gladly arrange the little dressing room for you if you like it.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

And does my hair look very bad? said Meg, as she turned from the glass in Mrs. Gardiner's dressing room after a prolonged prink.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)



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