crush room
A large room in a theater, opera house, or other public building, where the public may…A large room in a theater, opera house, or other public building, where the public may stand during the intermissions; a foyer or lobby.
Meaning
1 senses(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
plural: crush rooms| Singular | crush room |
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See also
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