greenroom

greenroom
/green"roohm', -room'/, n.
a lounge in a theater, broadcasting studio, or the like, for use by performers when they are not onstage, on camera, etc.
[1695-1705; GREEN + ROOM, prob. so called because orig. painted green]

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