cloakroom

[ klohk-room, -room ]

/ ˈkloʊkˌrum, -ˌrʊm /

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noun

a room in which outer garments, hats, umbrellas, etc., may be left temporarily, as in a club, restaurant, etc.; checkroom.

a room adjacent to a legislative chamber or legislative room, where legislators may leave their coats, relax, or engage in informal conversation.

British.

a bathroom; a public restroom.
a baggage room, as at a railway station, where packages and luggage may be left temporarily or checked through to one's destination.

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Origin of cloakroom

First recorded in 1850–55; cloak + room

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How to use cloakroom in a sentence

Toomey glides around the room like a Brazilian capoeira dancer.
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One day he and some of his roommates were cleaning their room and one of the guys threw the dustpan out into the hall.
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Marvin and I leave the poolside and go into his dining room.
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The resources were what you might expect: Dining room, a media center, a library, a TV room, a meeting room, a computer room.
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Barry showed me his room—a one bedroom with a killer view of Riverbank State Park and the Hudson.
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The big room at King's Warren Parsonage was already fairly well filled.
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In the drawing-room things went on much as they always do in country drawing-rooms in the hot weather.
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Kind of a reception-room in there—guess I know a reception-room from a hole in the wall.
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His lordship retired shortly to his study, Hetton and Mr. Haggard betook themselves to the billiard-room.
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When his lordship retired early, as was his custom, the other men adjourned once more to the billiard-room.
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British Dictionary definitions for cloakroom

cloakroom

/ (ˈkləʊkˌruːm, -ˌrʊm) /

noun

a room in which hats, coats, luggage, etc, may be temporarily deposited

British a euphemistic word for lavatory

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