cloakroom
noun
, -ˌru̇m\
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Synonyms
bath, bathroom, bog [British], can, comfort station, convenience [chiefly British], head, john, latrine, lavatory, loo [chiefly British], potty, restroom, toilet, washroom, water closet
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Guests had the option of checking their shoes in a cloakroom before a traipse over the sandy beach (with glasses of champagne in hand) to a makeshift wood-plank runway. — Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, "Starry Crowd Gathers in Malibu for Saint Laurent's Mick Jagger-Inspired Men's Show," 7 June 2019 Earlier this year, Koed recalls, Sen. Richard Burr arrived for a vote in summer clothes and had to cast his vote from the Senate cloakroom. — Anna North, Vox, "America’s sexist obsession with what women politicians wear, explained," 3 Dec. 2018 President Donald Trump did not give the guns back to Reinking, the NRA didn’t, and the Republicans did not meet in a quiet cloakroom so innocents would be slaughtered. — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, "Hot-Takes on guns after the Waffle House killings," 24 Apr. 2018 There were meetings with staff and the senator in the cloakroom, just off the Senate floor. — Phil Mattingly, CNN, "Idaho senator holds up bill over political rivalry with deceased governor," 23 Mar. 2018 Photographer: Giulia Marchi/Bloomberg Cloakroom Jackets and coats hang in a cloakroom. — Iain Marlow, Bloomberg.com, "China's Biggest Political Gathering Could Let Xi Rule for a Lifetime," 5 Mar. 2018 As a precaution, museums started instructing female visitors to leave their muffs, bags and parcels in cloakrooms, according to an NPG press release. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "See the Portrait Slashed by a Butcher’s Cleaver During Height of Women’s Suffrage Movement," 2 Feb. 2018 Pages assist with low-level tasks such as bringing water, delivering documents and helping out in the cloakroom. — Eli Rosenberg, Washington Post, "Roy Moore would be a ‘threat to the safety’ of teenage pages at the Capitol, congresswoman says," 11 Dec. 2017 Details of the cloakroom spilled into the public domain this year through an Ohio court case involving concerts at the 2016 Republican Convention. — Bob Fernandez, Philly.com, "Comcast secretly kicked in $200K for lawmakers' room at 2016 Republican Convention," 18 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cloakroom.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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cloakroom
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cloakroom
noun
, -ˌru̇m\