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cloakrooms

cloakrooms is the plural of cloakroom.

Meaning of cloakroom

Noun

cloakroom (plural cloakrooms)

  1. A room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater or night club.
  2. (India, Ireland, UK) A room intended for holding luggage, as at an airport.
    Synonyms:
    lost and found, baggage room, left-luggage office
  3. A private lounge next to a legislative chamber.
  4. (Ireland, UK, euphemistic) A lavatory, now particularly a small secondary lavatory or a men's room.
    • Although there was a cloakroom on the ground floor, the Old Rectory had only one bathroom, a defect which necessitated embarrassed, low-voiced enquiries before anyone upset their carefully worked-out rota by taking an unexpected bath.1989, P. D. James, Devices and Desires

Phrases with cloakrooms

Questions about cloakrooms

What is cloakrooms the plural of?
Cloakrooms is the plural of cloakroom.

Words near cloakrooms in the dictionary

  1. cloakmakers
  2. cloakmaking
  3. cloakroom
  4. cloakroom attendant
  5. cloakroom attendants
  6. cloakrooms
  7. cloaks
  8. cloakwise
  9. cloam
  10. cloam oven
  11. cloam ovens

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