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 a public building such as a theatre, where coats and other belongings may be left temporarily.
  • 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

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

cloak +‎ room

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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."

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • A GOP Senator called the cloakroom hours before the bill was to reach the floor and put a hold on it.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • A GOP Senator called the cloakroom hours before the bill was to reach the floor and put a hold on it.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • A GOP Senator called the cloakroom hours before the bill was to reach the floor and put a hold on it.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • A GOP Senator called the cloakroom hours before the bill was to reach the floor and put a hold on it.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

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