mud room
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mud room
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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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
The bumped-out great room has been transformed into a combination mud room, kitchen and dining room.
From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2021
True, I have a second broom resting by the front door and another tucked away in the mud room.
From Salon • Jan. 7, 2014
This opened at last and I entered a mud room in one end of which a fire of sticks blazed fitfully.
From Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond by Franck, Harry Alverson
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