"blue room" meaning in All languages combined

See blue room on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-blue room.wav Forms: blue rooms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} blue room (plural blue rooms)
  1. In cinema, a room with blue (or occasionally green) walls in which effects shots are filmed. Categories (topical): Rooms Related terms: green room
    Sense id: en-blue_room-en-noun-55wFo3zf Disambiguation of Rooms: 63 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17
  2. (aviation, slang) The toilet/washroom on a passenger aircraft. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-blue_room-en-noun-Vme5dDYo Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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