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crush room

crush room noun: a large room in a theater, opera house, or other public building, where the public may stand during the intermissions; a foyer or lobby.

Noun

crush room (plural crush rooms)

  1. (dated, obsolete) A large room in a theater, opera house, or other public building, where the public may stand during the intermissions; a foyer or lobby.
    • August 2, 1833, Thomas Babington Macaulay, letter to Hannah M. Macaulay
      Politics leave very little time for the bow window at White's in the day, or for the crush-room of the opera at night.

Forms of crush room

pluralcrush rooms

Questions about crush room

What does crush room mean?
Crush room means a large room in a theater, opera house, or other public building, where the public may stand during the intermissions; a foyer or lobby.
What part of speech is crush room?
Crush room is a noun.
What is the plural of crush room?
The plural of crush room is crush rooms.

Words near crush room in the dictionary

  1. crush out
  2. crush parties
  3. crush party
  4. crush pen
  5. crush pens
  6. crush room
  7. crush rooms
  8. crush syndrome
  9. crush zone
  10. crush-worthy
  11. crushability

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