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

This is usually in your basement, utility room or near the water meter.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2023

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

The gas release was initially reported in the Terminal 8 baggage area but was later determined to be in a utility room about 200 feet away, Humphrey said.

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