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

Example Sentences

I only have to glance at them now to remember all the times I’d make an entrance through the mud room, head straight to the coffee pot and pour some into one of those mugs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2025

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

Her bed, which she shared with her son, was just a yellow foam mattress in a mud room.

From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2023

They had remodeled the rest of the house, but were putting off the expense of their dream kitchen, with a 300-bottle wine cellar, high-end appliances, a mud room and more.

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2020

Tete Rouge's sick chamber was a little mud room, where he and a companion attacked by the same disease were laid together, with nothing but a buffalo robe between them and the ground.

From The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life by Parkman, Francis