mud room

American  

Or mudroom

noun

1. a vestibule or other area in a house, in which wet and muddy clothes or footwear are removed.

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Etymology

Origin of mud room

First recorded in 1945–50

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Example Sentences

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mud room

That’s why houses have entryways or a mud room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2026

The woman, who was awakened by a crashing sound and her dog growling, discovered a cinnamon-colored black bear weighing about 100 pounds in her mud room, officials said.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2023

If you sense you are about to step into a sword-and-sandal epic with a mud room, you would not be altogether wrong.

From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2022

Starting from the top, the washer and dryer were moved back downstairs into a newly constructed mud room off the kitchen.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2021

I have a house, i.e. a mud room, to myself.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird

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