cloakroom
See also: cloak room
English
Alternative forms
Noun
cloakroom (plural cloakrooms)
Synonyms
- (all senses): cloaks
- (room for storing heavy outer garments): coatroom, coat check, checkroom (US)
- (room for lost luggage): lost and found; baggage room (US); left-luggage office (UK)
- (lavatory): See Thesaurus:bathroom
- (small secondary lavatory): half bath, half bathroom (North America); toilet (NZ)
Coordinate terms
- (coatroom for women): ladies' cloakroom (historical)
- (lavatory for women): powder room; ladies' cloakroom (dated)
Derived terms
- cloakroom attendant
- cloakroom ticket
- cloaks
- ladies' cloakroom
Translations
room for coats
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room for luggage
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private lounge
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toilet — see toilet
References
- "ˈcloak-room, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary (1891), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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