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Mudroom vs Cloakroom - What's the difference?

mudroom | cloakroom |

As nouns the difference between mudroom and cloakroom

is that mudroom is a room used to act as a barrier between outdoors and indoors while cloakroom is a room, in a public building such as a theatre, where coats and other belongings may be left temporarily.

mudroom

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A room used to act as a barrier between outdoors and indoors.
  • We made sure to hang our wet clothes on the hook in the mudroom when we came in from the snow.

    Alternative forms

    * mud room

    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