Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A room where coats and other articles may be left temporarily, as in a theater or school.
- noun A private lounge adjacent to a legislative chamber.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A room connected with a place of general resort, as an assembly-room or an opera-house, where cloaks, etc., are deposited.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A room, attached to any place of public resort, where cloaks, overcoats, etc., may be deposited for a time.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
room , in apublic building such as atheatre , wherecoats and otherbelongings may be lefttemporarily . - noun UK A
room where luggage may be left, for example in an airport. - noun A private lounge next to a legislative chamber.
- noun UK, euphemistic
lavatory ,toilet
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a room where coats and other articles can be left temporarily
- noun a private lounge off of a legislative chamber
Etymologies
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Examples
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But she felt connected to the crone in the shawl, the pimply elevator operator, the boy who thought the cloakroom was a safe haven.
Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011
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But she felt connected to the crone in the shawl, the pimply elevator operator, the boy who thought the cloakroom was a safe haven.
Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011
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But she felt connected to the crone in the shawl, the pimply elevator operator, the boy who thought the cloakroom was a safe haven.
Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011
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But she felt connected to the crone in the shawl, the pimply elevator operator, the boy who thought the cloakroom was a safe haven.
Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011
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All the Five A girls had paper bags or pasteboard boxes, and in the air of the Five A cloakroom was a strong smell of vinegar.
The Bent Twig Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918
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We have more enemies within our country than outside: "A GOP Senator called the cloakroom hours before the bill was to reach the floor and put a hold on it."
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A GOP Senator called the cloakroom hours before the bill was to reach the floor and put a hold on it.
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A GOP Senator called the cloakroom hours before the bill was to reach the floor and put a hold on it.
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A GOP Senator called the cloakroom hours before the bill was to reach the floor and put a hold on it.
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A GOP Senator called the cloakroom hours before the bill was to reach the floor and put a hold on it.
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