cloakroom
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A cloakroom.
See also: cloak room
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkləʊkɹʊm/, /ˈkləʊkɹuːm/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
cloakroom (plural cloakrooms)
- A room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater or night club.
- (British, Ireland, India) A room intended for holding luggage, as at an airport.
- A private lounge next to a legislative chamber.
- (British, Ireland, euphemistic) A lavatory, now particularly a small secondary lavatory or a men's room.
Synonyms
- (all senses): cloaks
- (room for storing heavy outer garments): coatroom, coat check, checkroom (US)
- (room for luggage): lost and found; baggage room (US); left-luggage office (UK)
- (lavatory): See Thesaurus:bathroom
- (small secondary lavatory): half bath, half bathroom (North America); toilet (NZ)
Coordinate terms
- (coatroom for women): ladies' cloakroom (historical)
- (lavatory for women): powder room; ladies' cloakroom (dated)
Derived terms
Translations
room for coats
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room for luggage
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toilet — see toilet
References
- "ˈcloak-room, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary (1891), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Further reading
- “cloakroom”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “cloakroom”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “cloakroom”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “cloakroom”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.