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cloakroom

noun
/ˈkləʊkɹʊm/

Etymology

From cloak + room.

  1. inherited from *(H)rewH-✻ — “to root; to rip, tear”
  2. inherited from *rūmą✻ — “room”
  3. inherited from *rūm✻ — “room”
  4. inherited from rūm — “room, space”
  5. inherited from roum — “room, space”
  6. compounded as cloakroom — “cloak + room”

Definitions

  1. A room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater or…

    A room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater or night club.

  2. A room intended for holding luggage, as at an airport.

  3. A private lounge next to a legislative chamber.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A lavatory, now particularly a small secondary lavatory or a men's room.

      • Although there was a cloakroom on the ground floor, the Old Rectory had only one bathroom, a defect which necessitated embarrassed, low-voiced enquiries before anyone upset their carefully worked-out rota by taking an unexpected bath.

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Derived

cloakroom attendant, cloakroom ticket, ladies' cloakroom

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cloakroom. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA