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Cloakroom vs Closet - What's the difference?

cloakroom | closet |

As nouns the difference between cloakroom and closet

is that cloakroom is a room, in a public building such as a theatre, where coats and other belongings may be left temporarily while closet is a piece of furniture or a cabinet in which clothes or household supplies may be stored.

As an adjective closet is

secret.

As a verb closet is

to shut away for private discussion.

cloakroom

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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
  • 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).

    Synonyms

    * half bath (North America)

    Antonyms

    * powder room

    Derived terms

    * cloakroom attendant * cloakroom ticket

    See also

    * checkroom (US) * coatroom (US) * left-luggage office (UK) * baggage room (US)

    References

    closet

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia closet) (en noun)
  • (chiefly, US) A piece of furniture or a cabinet in which clothes or household supplies may be stored.
  • (Dryden)
  • A small private chamber.
  • * Goldsmith
  • a chair-lumbered closet , just twelve feet by nine
  • * Bible, Matthew vi. 6
  • When thou prayest, enter into thy closet .
  • A toilet; a water closet.
  • (figuratively) The imagined closet in idioms such as in the closet or skeleton in the closet, a place to keep things hidden.
  • The'' 'closet''' can be a scary place for a gay teenager.

    Synonyms

    * (A piece of furniture) cupboard, wardrobe, press (British), locker, cabinet

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Secret.
  • *
  • Derived terms

    * closeted * closet oneself * come out of the closet * earth closet * in the closet * skeleton in the closet * water closet

    See also

    * come out * out

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shut away for private discussion.
  • The ambassador has been closeted with the prime minister all afternoon. We're all worried what will be announced when they exit.
  • To put into a private place for a secret interview or interrogation.
  • * (rfdate) (Bancroft)
  • He was to call a new legislature, to closet its members.
  • * (rfdate) (Froude)
  • He had been closeted with De Quadra.
  • To shut up in, or as in, a closet for concealment or confinement.
  • * (rfdate) (Cowper)
  • Bedlam's closeted and handcuffed charge.

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