cloakroom

• cloak room

From cloak +‎ room.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkləʊkɹʊm/, /ˈkləʊkɹuːm/

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cloakroom (plural cloakrooms)

A cloakroom.

1. A room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater or night club.
2. (British, Ireland, India) A room intended for holding luggage, as at an airport.
3. A private lounge next to a legislative chamber.
4. (British, Ireland, euphemistic) A lavatory, now particularly a small secondary lavatory or a men's room.

• (all senses): cloaks
• (room for storing heavy outer garments): coatroom, coat check, checkroom (US)
• (room for 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)

• (coatroom for women): ladies' cloakroom (historical)
• (lavatory for women): powder room; ladies' cloakroom (dated)

• cloakroom attendant
• cloakroom ticket
• ladies' cloakroom

• "ˈcloak-room, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary (1891), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

• “cloakroom”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “cloakroom”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “cloakroom”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “cloakroom”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.