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| Domain | Definition |
Fine Arts | A room in a theater or concert hall where actors or musicians relax. . . before going on stage and where they meet friends during intermissions or after performances. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The room behind the stage in which the actors and actresses gathered before and after the performance to chat or entertain their friends. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Literature | Green Room (The). The common waiting-room in a theatre for the performers; so called because at one time the walls were coloured green to relieve the eyes affected by the glare of the stage lights. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang | Noun. Source: The feeling is similar inside the tube as in a greenhouse, with the sun shining through . Definition: The inside of a tube of water as formed by a breaking wave. Context: Used when speaking about that particular spot on a wave, the goal being to surf inside the tube. Social Source: Surfers. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Green Room in the White House. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Green Room, White House. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Utica, N.Y., Hotel Utica, Green Room, morning restaurant. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mrs. Edward Garratt, residence at 140 Via Lazo, Palm Beach, Florida. Green room. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | White House interiors. Green Room. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
James Lipton | To say the least. There was ten seconds of silence after it. Afterward, in the green room, his wife, Felicia, said to me, that's the first time Jack's ever said that in public. It was an extraordinary moment for us. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
green room | 95 |
dallas green room | 13 |
chicago green room | 9 |
green room vancouver | 4 |
chair dining green room | 3 |
francisco green room san | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "GREEN ROOM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | PETIT foyer, foyer des artistes, foyer d'attente. (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 楽屋 (backstage, dressing room). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | がくや (backstage, dressing room). (various references) | ||||
Manx | shamyr aash. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | eengray oomray | ||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| French | 1500-Modern | foyer. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: greenroom. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-m-n-o-o-r-r" | |
-2 letters: groomer, regroom. | |
-3 letters: genome, germen, merger, monger, mongoe, moreen, morgen, orgone, roomer. | |
-4 letters: enorm, genom, genre, genro, gnome, goner, green, groom, merer, merge, mongo, moron, morro, ormer, roger, romeo. | |
-5 letters: eger, ergo, erne, gene, germ, goer, gone, goon, gore, gree, meno, mere, mono, moon, moor, more, morn, neem, nome, norm, ogee, ogre, omen, omer. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-g-m-n-o-o-r-r" | |
+1 letter: greenrooms. | |
+2 letters: whoremonger. | |
+3 letters: costermonger, whoremongers. | |
+4 letters: costermongers, ironmongeries, oleomargarine, roentgenogram. | |
+5 letters: conglomerateur, electroforming, oleomargarines, roentgenograms, trigonometries. | |
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