utility room

American  

noun

utility rooms plural

1. a room, especially in a house, reserved for the furnace, washing machine, and other appliances.

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utility room British  

noun

1. a room with equipment for domestic work like washing and ironing

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• utility rooms
  plural

Example Sentences

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utility room

Communal washing machines line the utility room, bills are divided so each adult pays £115 a month and the storeroom is stocked with canned vegetables from the allotment.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

Carbon monoxide concentrations greater than 4,000 parts per million were recorded inside the utility room, and concentrations greater than 1,000 ppm were recorded in one of the bedrooms.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024

But the Biden legal team invited the F.B.I. to also search every room in the residence — including bathrooms, bedrooms and the utility room, the people said.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2023

This story has been updated to correct the location of the carbon dioxide release to a utility room, based on updated information from authorities.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 31, 2022

Back at the condo, Grandpa carried the bucket containing the live-pipped into the utility room, and we all sat down to have milk and cookies.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg