cloakroomnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkləʊk.ruːm//ˈkləʊk.rʊm/us/ˈkloʊk.ruːm//ˈkloʊk.rʊm/US also checkroom a room in a public building such as a restaurant, theatre, etc. where coats, bags, and other personal things can be left while their owners are in the building
UK polite word for toilet, especially one in a public building:
I went to the cloakroom in the first interval.
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Parts of buildings: rooms
- antechamber
- anteroom
- atelier
- atrium
- attic
- ballroom
- conservatory
- eyrie
- family room
- form room
- front room
- garret
- gymnasium
- reading room
- reception room
- refectory
- room
- rumpus room
- snug
- vault
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Parts of buildings: the toilet