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cloffice

UK/ˈklɒ.fɪs/US/ˈklɔ.fɪs/

cloffice noun: a small workspace or home office that is set up within a closet.

Noun

cloffice (plural cloffices)

  1. (colloquial) A small workspace or home office that is set up within a closet.
    • I have taped them on a big poster board and they are on a wall in my closet. Do any of you remember my CLOFFICE? The big walk in closet that I have my computer in that my son labelled a cloffice because it was a closet and an office. The walls in there are all Phish and other cool stuff.2003 February 23, PHISH-WOMEN, “PHISH-WOMEN Digest - 13 Feb 2003 to 14 Feb 2003 - Special issue(#2003-139)”, in rec.music.phish (Usenet)
    • The podcasts originate from the couple’s “cloffice,” a master bedroom closet turned office.2005 September 15, Erika Anderson, “One Man’s Passion For Rosary Launches New Ministry”, in Georgia Bulletin, archived from the original on 02 May 2024

Examples of cloffice in a sentence

  • My girlfriend used to take calls in her closet so frequently that she called it her "cloffice."2008, Susan Tyler Hitchcock, Sixty Candles: Reflections on the Writing Life, iUniverse, page 27:
  • “Thanks, Louise,” I said as I brushed her off and headed into my cloffice.2009, Robert Rave, Spin, St. Martin's Press, page 214:
  • Cloffice is my term for our closet slash office since our one floor single rancher has no closet space whatsoever.2010, Angela Olson, Behind the Weight, Xlibris, page 67:
  • When the pandemic began, Christine Warnke already had a cloffice in the entry hall of her two-bedroom D.C. condo.2021 May 27, Jura Koncius, “Tiny cloffices — workspaces in closets — are big, thanks to the pandemic”, in The Washington Post, archived...

Forms of cloffice

pluralcloffices

Origin of cloffice

Blend of closet + office.

Words that rhyme with cloffice

Questions about cloffice

What does cloffice mean?
Cloffice means a small workspace or home office that is set up within a closet.
How do you use cloffice in a sentence?
My girlfriend used to take calls in her closet so frequently that she called it her "cloffice."
What part of speech is cloffice?
Cloffice is a noun.
How do you pronounce cloffice?
Cloffice is pronounced /ˈklɒ.fɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of cloffice?
The plural of cloffice is cloffices.

Words near cloffice in the dictionary

  1. clofenvinfos
  2. clofeverine
  3. clofexamide
  4. clofezone
  5. cloff
  6. cloffice
  7. cloffices
  8. cloffs
  9. clofibrate
  10. clofibrates
  11. clofibriate

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