Checkroom vs Cloakroom - What's the difference?
checkroom | cloakroom |
A room, in a public building such as a theatre, where coats and other belongings may be left temporarily.
(British) A room where luggage may be left, for example in an airport.
A private lounge next to a legislative chamber.
(British, euphemistic) lavatory, toilet
As nouns the difference between checkroom and cloakroom
is that checkroom is a place where outdoor clothing or luggage may be temporarily stored while cloakroom is a room, in a public building such as a theatre, where coats and other belongings may be left temporarily.checkroom
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cloakroom
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(wikipedia cloakroom)Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
In the British sense “lavatory”, primarily used by estate agents when describing small, secondary lavatories (North America: half bath), and in occasional use as a posh term to denote the gents’ lavatory, such as at ,BRITISH EUPHEMISMS, Knowledge Problem, June 26th, 2002 where it is contrasted with “ladies’ powder” (see powder room).